Few things make people as nervous in the kitchen as making pastry dough. This is understandable because it’s easy to get wrong, and you can end up with something tough or soggy, instead of a light and ...

A perfect pie crust is so much more than the sum of its parts: flour, butter, water. How could these three basic ingredients combine to reach such tender, flaky, heavenly heights in your favorite pies ...

Making pie crust from scratch requires attention to detail. The butter needs to be just right or everything will go astray; ...

Every craftsperson knows there are certain tools of the trade. And if you’re into baking pastries, one of the most important instruments you can have on hand is a pastry blender. When you think of a ...

Fancy baking a shoofly pie today? Here are the winning recipes from the 2015 Pennsylvania Farm Show Shoofly Pie contest. 1. In medium bowl, mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening using pastry blender, ...