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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Salted vs unsalted butter: when it matters, and how to swap one for the other
Salted vs unsalted butter: how much salt is in a stick, the exact swap (about 1/4 teaspoon per stick), and the few bakes where unsalted really matters.
