{"id":5040,"date":"2010-11-26T20:57:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T02:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2010-11-26T20:57:36","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T02:57:36","slug":"perfect-pie-crust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/26\/perfect-pie-crust\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Pie Crust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 8 years or so, I&#8217;ve tried several different recipes for homemade pie crust.\u00c2\u00a0 Some that used butter, some that used shortening, some that called for vinegar.\u00c2\u00a0 To go with my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/26\/black-bottom-pecan-cheeseake-pie\/\">Black Bottom Pecan Cheesecake Pie<\/a>, I decided to try yet another recipe, this time from The Pioneer Woman.\u00c2\u00a0 Ree&#8217;s recipes never let me down, and this was one amazing pie crust!\u00c2\u00a0 So flaky and tender.\u00c2\u00a0 Just perfect for all of those holiday pies!\u00c2\u00a0 And as a bonus, the recipe makes 3 pie crusts and you can freeze whatever you don&#8217;t use.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m still perfecting my pie crust technique, so my pie crusts aren&#8217;t the prettiest, but I DID manage to roll out the dough and get it transferred to the pie pan without any rips or tears in the dough.\u00c2\u00a0 Success!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Pie-Crust.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5042\" title=\"Pie Crust\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Pie-Crust.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Pie-Crust.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Pie-Crust-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Perfect Pie Crust<\/h4>\n<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/cooking\/2007\/12\/p-p-p-pie_crust_and_its_p-p-p-perfect\/\">The Pioneer Woman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Makes 3 crusts<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"ingredients-28244\">\n<li>1-\u00c2\u00bd cup Crisco (vegetable Shortening)<\/li>\n<li>3 cups All-purpose Flour<\/li>\n<li>1 whole Egg<\/li>\n<li>5 Tablespoons Cold Water<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoon White Vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a large bowl, with a pastry cutter,  gradually work the Crisco into the flour for about 3 or 4 minutes until  it resembles a coarse meal. In a small bowl, beat an egg with a fork and  then pour it into the flour\/shortening mixture.  Add 5 tablespoons of  cold water, 1 tablespoon of white vinegar and 1 teaspoon of salt.  Stir  together gently until all of the ingredients are incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>Separate the dough into thirds.  Form 3 evenly sized balls of dough  and place each dough into a large Ziploc bag.  Using a rolling pin,  slightly flatten each ball of dough (about \u00c2\u00bd inch thick) to make rolling  easier later.  Seal the bags and place them in the freezer until you  need them.  (If you will be using it immediately it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a good idea  to put in the freezer for about 15 to 20 minutes to chill.)<\/p>\n<p>When you are ready to use the dough to make a crust, remove from the  freezer and allow to thaw for 15 minutes.  On a floured surface roll the  dough, starting at the center and working your way out. (Sprinkle some  flour over top of the dough if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit too moist.) If the dough is  sticking to the countertop use a metal spatula and carefully scrape it  up and flip it over and continue rolling until it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about \u00c2\u00bd inch larger  in diameter than  your pie pan.<\/p>\n<p>With a spatula, lift the dough carefully from the surface of the  counter into the pie pan. Gently press the dough against the corner of  the pan. Go around the pie pan pinching and tucking the dough to make a  clean edge.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you make your own pie crust?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/26\/perfect-pie-crust\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 8 years or so, I&#8217;ve tried several different recipes for homemade pie crust.\u00c2\u00a0 Some that used butter, some that used shortening, some that called for vinegar.\u00c2\u00a0 To go with my Black Bottom Pecan Cheesecake Pie, I decided to try yet another recipe, this time from The Pioneer Woman.\u00c2\u00a0 Ree&#8217;s recipes never let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,11,37,45,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dessert","category-freezer-friendly","category-holiday","category-pie","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}