Recipe for pie crust made with butter (and why yours shrinks, cracks, or turns tough)
An all-butter pie crust recipe for single or double crusts, plus fixes for shrinking, cracking, tough dough, and soggy bottoms, and a Thanksgiving make-ahead plan.
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How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust (and Which Pies Actually Need It)
Your pumpkin pie came out with a perfect filling and a pale, gummy bottom crust. Or your crust shrank halfway down the pan before the filling ever went in. Both problems have the same fix: learn when and how to blind bake a pie crust. That means baking the shell empty, held in place with…
