Tips
The following tips may assist in a more successful pie making experience or help you with some problem areas.
Dry Dough:
If the dough is dry and does not stick together when pinching a small piece of between your fingers, add more ice water.
There are many creative ways in which the edges of a pie can be finished. Shown below are some common ways to trim the edge of a pie, but don't hesitate to use your imagination.
Making a double homemade pie crust is basically the same as making a single pie crust. The same techniques are used when learning how to make a pie crust whether it is for a single or double pie.
Making a homemade pie crust may seem like a challenge but with the right advice and techniques you can learn how to make a pie crust with just a little practice. The tender, flaky crust that you create will be worth the effort.
Ham is usually served on the holidays, so be sure to read our tips to learn how to cook and bake the perfect ham for your guests. There are many ham glaze recipes that can be used to enhance the flavor of ham and there are many different methods of cooking ham that can be used. When you end up with excess ham after a meal there are many leftover ham recipes that you can make to use up the leftovers.
A pie made with both a bottom and a top crust. The first crust used for the Double Crust Pie is the bottom crust which is rolled out and placed in the pie plate.
A cooking utensil that is used to protect the top fluted edge of the pie crust as it is baking. Typically made from aluminum, pie crust shields may be a solid one-piece round ring that is placed over the entire pie crust or individual crescent-shaped pieces that are placed individually on sections of the crust.
A type of ham that is Spanish in origin and produced exclusively from rare Iberian pigs, which are descendents of the wild boar and are the last European free-range pig breed.