Pie Crust Pastry Recipe

Popparoc46 asked me to show how I make my pie crust pastry, so here it is.
This is the pie crust recipe that my Mom uses, and so do I. It turns out well every time.
Music by Audionautix.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• pie
• crust
• recipe
• pies
• pastry
• how-to
• instructional

[AiWarning]

im going to do this :)

but just one question... do you think i can use butter instead of lard?

[yoyomax12]

@AiWarning If you don't want to use lard, use vegetable shortening. Never tried it with butter, if you do use unsalted butter.

[ilovepatience3]

could i use shortening because it bothers me that im eating a pie made of pig fat

[yoyomax12]

@ilovepatience3 This is the recipe I use, if you don't like the idea of using lard I suggest you do an online search for another recipe that uses shortening.

[lafanny72]

thank you Tammy, I love all your videos!!...Happy New Year!!

[yoyomax12]

@lafanny72 Thanks much!

[yoyomax12]

@chavitavb Shortening is made from vegetable fats and lard is made from animal fat

[chavitavb]

What's the difference between shortening and lard?

[popparoc46]

Tammy, I am going to try this in the new year.  I'll let you know how I do!

[thizizliz]

I'll bet it depends on how the lard is processed or something. I do like the mix of butter and shortening; texture and flavor. I saw in an earlier comment that you add a bit of sugar for sweet pies. We do that too - or at least cinnamon. For meat pies we add garlic or something that goes with the filling. And yes - we learn so many good things from one another here. It's terrific.