Pie Crust

Monday, November 17, 2008

I’m going to be posting the recipes I used for my pie competition over the next couple of days. The first thing needed when baking pies is a crust. I’ve actually never made full sized pie crusts before. I went with a William Sonoma recipe that is similar to most pie crust recipes out there. I used butter flavored Crisco and the crusts turned out flaky and delicious. I made 4 crusts even though I only needed 3 just in case I needed that extra one.

See WS link for ingredient list for 1 pie crust and for food processor method. I made sure everything was VERY cold before making my crusts. I measured the ingredients into bowl and put them in the freezer for 45 minutes. I also put my mixing bowl and pastry cutter into the freezer for about 20 minutes.

Pie crust – from William Sonoma
For a 9-inch double-crust pie:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup vegetable shortening
6 to 7 Tbs. cold water

Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and toss together. Add the shortening. With your fingertips, 2 knives or a pastry blender, blend the ingredients together, working quickly, until you have a mixture of tiny, irregular flakes and bits about the size of coarse bread crumbs. Sprinkle on the water, 1 Tbs. at a time, stirring gently with a fork after each addition. Add just enough water for the dough to form a rough mass.

With floured hands, pat the dough into a smooth disk (or into 2 disks, one just slightly larger than the other, if you are making a double-crust pie). The dough is now ready to use. It is not necessary to refrigerate the dough before rolling out (unless you included some butter), although for convenience it may be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

Dessert, Go-To Recipes, Pies and Tarts

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11 Responses to “Cupcake Hero Challenge: Maple Walnut Cranberry Cupcakes with Cranberry Sauce and Maple Frosting”

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Ren — November 30, 2007 at 12:43 am

Those look a-mazing. Gonna try that sometime for sure!
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Elly — November 30, 2007 at 3:06 am

Yum, these look and sound delicious!
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Katie — November 30, 2007 at 12:50 pm

Those sound delicious and look amazing!! GREAT idea and really well decorated!
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Dori — November 30, 2007 at 2:25 pm

those are some pretty sexy looking cupcakes!
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~Amber~ — November 30, 2007 at 3:33 pm

Wow, these look and sound amazing!! Good luck.
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Lis — December 1, 2007 at 2:40 pm

If I were judging this contest.. even with my dislike of cranberries (usually) you would win the grand prize.

Not only for the combination of flavors which has me salivating – but for presentation. I absolutely LURVE the cranberry sauce under the pretty white maple buttercream. *swoon*

xoxo
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MrsPresley — December 1, 2007 at 8:01 pm

what a great cupcake! i love how you put everything together… i am drooling over here 😉
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Mollie — December 1, 2009 at 3:58 pm

I made them – they’re GREAT!
http://eatrunread.blogspot.com/
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Anonymous — October 28, 2010 at 7:59 pm

Hi!

I’m Veronica, I’m trying this recipe but how much Baking soda is it?
You put in the directions to mix it, but in the ingredients is missing.
Thank you!
Later on I’ll let you know how they baked!

Regards!

Veronica
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Jen — October 28, 2010 at 8:51 pm

Veronica – It’s a typo in the instructions. It should say Baking Powder. I have corrected the post.
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