As a baker, seeing how your fruit pie turned out can be such a gut-wrenching moment. It's so disappointing to cut into a beautifully baked fruit pie just for the bottom to be a soggy mess. It's even ...
Once baked, puff pastry becomes crispier and flakier than a regular pie crust due to its separate layers of butter and dough. These layers contain water, which turns into steam in the oven. This then ...
No need to worry about a soggy bottom crust when baking my fresh Peach Crumble Pie. I use my Mom's tried and true tip for a flaky crust that isn't soggy. This summer fruit pie bakes up beautifully ...
A thin layer of crushed graham crackers under fruit filling keeps the pie crust from getting soggy. Graham crackers soak up juices, thicken the filling and add a warm, sweet flavor to every bite. This ...
When making pie dough you need to keep everything cold – especially your choice of fat, whether you use butter, lard, or shortening. The cold butter, for instance, is coated by the flour but, if warm, ...
Salisbury's Ugly Pie shop bakes nearly one thousand pies in the two days leading up to Thanksgiving. The bakers recommend using high-quality, all-butter crusts and cold butter for the flakiest results ...