There's a reason brand-new bakers don't usually start with pie. From stodgy dough to soggy bottoms, there are plenty of common pie crust mistakes and pitfalls lying in wait for the uninitiated. One of ...

Unlike a slow cooker dump dinner, a low-fuss no-bake dessert, or a store-bought snack, we know that attempting to make a pie from scratch can feel intimidating. There’s a lot of layers ...

If you have started poking around at baking recipes, you might have found pie or even cheesecake recipes that tell you to blind bake your crust. Unfortunately, those recipes don't always explain what ...

A premade pie crust is one of those baking shortcuts that I rely on during the Thanksgiving cooking marathon. I've spent years mastering my grandmother's all-butter crust recipe, and it's the one I ...

Blind-baking, or par-baking, a crust is common when you're using a filling that doesn't need to be baked or when the crust needs to bake longer than the filling, such as with pumpkin and other custard ...

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I come from a family of pie people. At a celebration of life for my late Grandpa Dave, my mom delivered a speech that centered around her dad’s love of the iconic pastry — and really, what is more ...