A while back, a friend and I made a deal: I make the cheesecakes, she makes the pies. She moved. I'm up a creek.
Oh, and often my mom comes for Thanksgiving and makes the pies. She doesn't really enjoy making pies, though (she's adopted Mrs. Smith as a member of the family, so she can claim "old family recipe").
At one point, I got desperate and tried the oil pie crust recipe in Better Homes & Gardens. It flopped.
This year, though, I got desperater (yeah, I know). I looked at the BH&G recipe again. And I went to my source of all sources (well, for recipes: allrecipes.com), as well. As I am wont to do, I took a little from each, and I love the result.
Woo hoo! I can make pies! :-P
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1T sugar
• pinch salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 T milk
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Place all ingredients in 9 inch pie pan.
a. Or place in medium bowl.
3. Stir together with fork.
4. Pat mixture into bottom and up the sides of the pan.
5. Poke holes in bottom and side of crust.
6. If your recipe calls for a pre-baked crust, bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown.
7. Use as directed in favorite pie recipe.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Pie-Crust/Detail.aspx
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I made the oil crust as an experiment when I was newly married. We were in school and my Dad (God bless his soul) asked us to stay with him. My mother was in a care facility, my sister married before I did and moved with her army hubby. So Dad was all alone and he loved My husband like his own son. Anyway, Dad had an apple orchard and so I decided to try making an apple pie. Perusing Better Homes and Gardens I came across the oil pie crust. So I tried it. It was marvelous. When Dad tasted it his eyes widened and he said, "Thid is really good!" It was light, thin, very flaknd delicate. I've never made any other crust since.
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