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baking-wise, people (Nora Ephron) say things like "only buy store-bought pie crust, never make your own"...I have avoided pie crust with graham cracker crusts when I can, bought store versions that were decent but........I've made Alison Roman's The Only Pie Crust twice this week and it has been amazing. Like amazing. Hands on dough (a delight), not too buttery or runny, not too stiff, and all ingredients will likely be in your home already. Go grab fresh strawberries and rhubarb and make a galette, as is your god-given right!
May 16, 2025
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This crust is as versatile as it is simple. I’ve used this dough for tarts, quiche, and everything in between.
Jan 20, 2024
My ex’s mom made the best cherry pie and
after some mid attempts at recreating / sourcing solutions I made one from scratch to great success.
Here are my tips:
look forward to the journey. Come in knowing this will take 2-3 days and once you bake it for two hours you’ll need to still cool it. It will be worth it, trust. This brings me to –
make two pies at once. It seems crazy but i don’t think you’ll mess it up, I do think everyone will want seconds of your pie though. I thought this was a little much when my ex’s mom would deliberately have to ratio/portion out single servings and a reserve pie for everyone but now I see the brilliance.
use a ratio of frozen sour : sweet cherries. I used .75 lbs of sour and 2lbs of sweet with a half cup and a bit of sugar and it was European level sweet.
bake it in a cake pan! I was stressing because I broke my glass pie dish last year but I had lined springform pan with parchment paper and loved the result.
double or quad up on making pie crust!!! each recipe gives you a top and bottom for a closed pie, but I’m telling you, you’re not going to want to make this time intensive ass crust unless you're a tradwife influencer sponsored with Mormon church money.
trust in Claire Saffitz!
Jun 12, 2025
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pie lover over cake forever but specifically strawberry rhubarb the way my grandma makes it....sweet + bitter + juicy.....the Whole Foods version comes pretty close 2 perfection but haven't found any recipes that approximate her crust...forever searching
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