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Recipe: Pie Crust with Butter and Coconut Oil

August 7, 2012 2 Comments

Pie Making Machine, US patent 2,200,347 My post about pie crust making with coconut oil promised a recipe for the crust; this post delivers it. The foundation of the recipe is something from Cooks Illustrated that was posted at Serious Eats. The recipe has quantities suitable for a two-crust pie, but since you might not […]

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Cracking the Coconut (Oil) for Pie Crust

July 29, 2012 2 Comments

The famous vodka-containing pie crust recipe from Cooks Illustrated has been my “go to” crust recipe for a few years (you can find it at Serious Eats). The free form galettes that use it have been crispy and flaky on many occasions, thanks in part to techniques and recipes I learned from books like Lindsey […]