How to make pie dough

Baking author Greg Patent shows Tribune writer Donna Pierce how to make pie dough the easy way

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[DSelwyn21]

Here is the actually recipe from Greg Patent's book A Baker's Odyssey:

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1/4 cup cake flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup(1 stick) cold unsalted butter; cut in Tbsp size pieces

1/2 cup cold shortening or homemade lard or commercial lard; cut in Tbsp size pieces

6 Tbsp. ice water

1 1/2 tsp cider vinegar

Keep all ingredients cold while making this dough.

[tealmarlin]

Pie Dough is an American thing? where does he get his information, what about Canada and Britain, lots of pies there when I last checked, they were making pies in Britain 200 years before American was even founded. BTW, the Guy is very snappy, he must be on something.

[xoxoEquinebond]

I used to make pies, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

[xfimpg]

@tealmarlin i think he's ticked because she gave the quantities.

BTW - thanks DSelwyn21 for the full recipe.

[barpaza]

Sorry to rain on your parade but Pie is not an American thing, nor Canadian NOR British. You may think that because most Americans think that everything came from England, but unfortunately is is not that way. Pies are something that started in the Holy Roman Empire (not Roman Empire) That mostly included Austria, Germany, Italy and other regions of Europe. NOT the USA...

[FlamingLavaOwl]

@tealmarlin thats not flour he has, that is cocaine.

[AzngameFreak03]

Cover that guys face, his body really looks like a woman's!

[MultiJoeyo]

this is not rocket science , everybody has their own recipe , it`s like building the perfect pizza , use what works for you

[saturdaysun10]

Are you kidding??? This is too complicated??? Your recipe doesn't even sound good--there's no butter. And, boiling water? milk? Yuk. PS : This guy is acting fine. Not snappy at all. What are YOU on, Tealmarlin?

[jwd0808]

This is way too complicated - the following recipe makes a super flaky pie crust and is dead simple to do - no food processor needed and no chilled ingredients required.

3/4 cup shortening

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon milk

1/4 cup boiling water

2 cups all-purpose flour

In a large bowl, combine shortening, salt, milk and boiling water. Whip with fork until smooth and creamy.

Add 2 cups flour and stir with round-the-bowl strokes until all flour is incorporated.

[jwd0808]

Well pie dough or pastry dough dates back before 160 B.C, so hmmm it’s not really an American thing. He was more or less generalizing with regard to Americans being afraid to do it themselves - it’s so much easier to go to the supermarket and buy ready-made pie crusts, etc.