6/20/12

Creative Pie Crusts for Beginners


So, besides eating the warm, gooey, sweet goodness of a pie, I realized my favorite part of baking a pie is playing around with the pie crust. There are so many combination of outer and top crust patterns, I'll never run out of ideas to try.

So far, I've done the woven lattice method:



and for Memorial Day this year, I went with punched-out star silhouettes, which I then used to line the outer crust with:



Every time I've made pie 100% from scratch, I've made blueberry. The first time I made it was because I had frozen blueberries in my freezer; every time since is because it was so good, my husband keeps requesting it!

- Want to try my blueberry pie recipe? Read the post here.

Martha Stewart has so many pie crust ideas on her website - check them out!



You can read all about my pie crust recipe and method on my guest post over at Going Home to Roost.


Also, check out my Top 8 Tips for a Perfect Pie Crust!
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10 comments:

  1. I never really bake pies. I love all these crust ideas! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Jenny, honestly, I never really do, either! I've made 3 pies in my whole life, all within the last 18 months. And they've all been blueberry. But they're so good!

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  2. creative, i wanna learn how to make pie :)

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    1. Rini, I just started last year, it's never too late! It looks harder than it is :)

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  3. I love that blueberry star pie - must try it!
    Di
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  4. I want to eat pie so much now :|

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  5. Wow! Gotta say the stars kinda blew our minds — so creative and delicious looking!

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  6. That is so cool :D
    Thanks for sharing ^^
    You have a lovely blog <3

    xxx Mri
    www.daydreamdoodle.com

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