Comments on: pie crust (part 1) – butter vs shortening

By: pie crust (part 3)

pie crust (part 3) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:53:35 +0000

[...] test setup: I made mini-pies again. And again I used the cranberry-apple pie recipe from Gourmet (November 2009) for the filling [...]

By: apple tart

apple tart — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:46:37 +0000

[...] preliminary results of my crust taste-off are in, and, given the trial run, this should come as no surprise: the all-butter crust did not win. But that doesn’t mean we [...]

By: pie crust (part 2)

pie crust (part 2) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:17:30 +0000

[...] I have four crusts in the test: all butter, butter + shortening (both of these are repeats from round 1), butter + lard, and Cook’s Illustrated fool-proof pie dough which uses [...]

By: lard

lard — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:47:49 +0000

[...] chill a bit. And instead made a pie crust using vodka, as mentioned by Evie in the comments of the pie crust (part 1). I haven’t baked it yet though, that I’m afraid will have to wait until tomorrow. And [...]

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:07 +0000

Hey Evie! It was great to meet you too.
Vodka, huh? I’m going to have to try that now because I’m curious and finding a new use for vodka makes me happy (I keep adding more things to my experiment… yesterday I was wondering if a cream cheese crust should be included or if that was a special category unto itself).