How To Make Pie Crust

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Have you been wanting the best pie recipe for Thanksgiving or a family get together?! Well we have done all the work so you don’t have to! We are here to help you know how to make pie crust . We have compiled some of the best recipes and while making these pies we tried out Tovolo pie making products. They are tools for baking and we found them to be great tools for making the best pies. They make it easier and we’re really easy to use and we’re super convenient! We’ll tell you which tools were our favorite out of the three we used! 

First tool was The Bench Scraper. This one was our favorite. We loved that it can be used for multiple things and not just baking pies. You can scrape the top of a measuring cup to be more precise measurements. When your dish is done baking you can use it to cut it, it has measurements on the bottom so if your cutting brownies they can all be exactly 2 inch squares. You can also use it to dish up like a spatula. It has a perfect slanted edge so you’re able to scoop it out even easier! It’s a new item on all of our wishlist! 

The second tool we tried was Pastry Blender. It was such a great tool for smashing the ingredients together. It was curved just right on the edges for when your blending your ingredients in the bowl. Our favorite part about this tool was the button that separates the wires so all the left over batter came out. It made it so much easier to clean! I think we can all agree anything that makes your life easier in the kitchen is worth having! 

The last tool was The Pie Crust Cutter. If you like that perfect circle for your pie crust, then this tool is for you. It made a circle for your pie pan so easily and you can adjust it to any size you need. Even though it cuts it into a wave for you, you still need to go around and touch up the edges if you like that prefect pretty edge on your pie crust! There are different attachments to this tool, like a straight edge for sugar cookies. We liked that you can use it for anything you might need to cut a circle. 

Ashley has some greats tips that you’re going to want to try. It may be the thing that will make your pie the one that everyone will rage about! 

Make sure your tools are cold!!This is very important when baking pies! Put all your tools that you’ll be using in the fridge and have them nice and cold. 

Grate your butter and have your butter frozen! It makes it easier to blend and helps make your crust flaky! 

When baking your pie crust first, put tin foil over the crust and add ceramic pie weights (be sure they are cold too). It keeps the crust from bubbling up or shrinking. 

When making an Apple Pie that has the crumble on top, ALWAYS double the crumble. 🙂

We used Mel’s kitchen cheat sheet. It has everything you’ll need to know about making pies. 

We felt like all these products were a success. If you love baking pies then you’ll probably enjoy all of them! If you have these products or any other baking products you love, share with us in the comments below! 

-Moms on the Clock

We used Mel’s Kitchen Cafe pie crust recipe. 
https://www.melskitchencafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Color-Hyperlink-PDF-Pie-Boot-Camp-2.pdf

We also used Sur La Table pie crust recipe as well.  
https://www.surlatable.com/product/REC-268964/Perfect+Pie+Crust

Mel’s kitchen recipe for Banana Cream Pie 
https://www.melskitchencafe.com/old-fashioned-banana-cream-pie/

Steff’s famous Apple Pie recipe (to die for)!