Stop Being a Wuss: How To Make Pie Crusts the Easy Way
Heh. Except that I never put sugar in my pie crust and I use a food processor for cutting in the butter*, this is EXACTLY how I make them.
*Alton Brown tip - add about a third of the butter and process the crap out of it, then add the rest and pulse until you've got the pea-sized lumps that your recipe talks about. This is how to get a perfect balance of flaky & tender without using Crisco. The pulverized butter will be evenly distributed to create tenderness, and the bigger lumps will stay nice and flaky.
This is how to get a perfect balance of flaky & tender without using Crisco
Hmm. Is it simpler than using Crisco too? I realise I dreamt last night that I bought the ingredients for pie crust. And that I forgot to take my reusable bags into the store, but that's my lame version of anxiety dreaming. But maybe I should see if I have the energy to make apple pie over the weekend.
I have most recently used the Cook's Illustrated recipe which is a lot less asscappy and is more involved, but it makes a brilliant crust every time. Maybe I'll experiment.
Okay, I made it to page 2 of that article and then had to stop. And put away what I had been eating.
Hmm. Is it simpler than using Crisco too?
I think so, if only because it doesn't involve my remembering to buy Crisco. Butter I always have on hand.
Since I bought Crisco once, I'll now have it forever. Ish.
I made it to page 2 of that article and then had to stop
I got as far as blood on the pillowcase and decided I didn't actually want to know that badly. Page 2? I salute your sticktoitiveness.
Dana is that because (spoiler and grossness alert)
SHE SCRATCHED THROUGH TO HER BRAIN!!!!
I read the whole thing, wow is all I've got.
OMG, that is so awesome. That is totally how I would write that recipe.
That is pretty much exactly how I do it, up to and including the wine bottle rolling pin. Except they missed the part about using vodka instead of the water, which has the advantage that it's already in the freezer so you don't even have to run the tap to get it cold.
