The best pies start with the best crusts. Learn how to make our best pie crust recipe using these step-by-step instructions and helpful tips.

Take everything you love about pie -- that rich, flaky crust cradling your favorite filling -- and downsize it into a compact package. Behold the little wonder that is the hand pie. Convenient, simple ...

I’ve made many, many versions of pastry dough in my kitchen, but I found years ago that substituting gin for ice water delivers that irresistible flakiness that is so coveted. This particular crust I ...

RECENTLY, A WELL-MEANING person recommended Sharon Brenner’s “A Pie Project”—a digital cookbook devoted solely to Greek pies—specifically, the part where I could learn how to make phyllo dough from ...

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A few years ago, Jackie King of A&J King Artisan Bakers in Salem, taught us how to make the definitive, classic, juicy, two-crust apple pie. It's loaded with Cortland apples that are tucked into two ...

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 ...

1. Sift together flours, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and shortening and toss to coat the fats with flour. 2. Using a pastry blender, cut fats into flour until the mixture ...

You know that summer-in-the South feeling: It’s hot. You’re tired. You have a fridge full of delicious peak season fruits and vegetables, and you’ve planned a little dinner party with friends. You ...

This sourdough croissant bread combines the flaky, buttery layers of a croissant with the structure of a sliceable bread. It ...