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20 Tips for Working with Homemade Pie Doughs

For our Thanksgiving in a Crust story, we created side dishes with seven unique homemade pie doughs. Here, we share our top 20 tips for working with everything from classic dough and puff pastry to a special cracker-based crust.

Thanksgiving in a Crust

Why save pie for dessert? We reinvent the seven most-classic Turkey Day side dishes as pot pies, hand pies and other with-a-crust recipes.

All Pie Crust Ideas

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20 Tips for Working with Homemade Pie Doughs

Photo Gallery | 20 Photos

How to Make Pie Crust

Video | 02:08
Follow a few easy steps for flawless pie crust dough every time.
How to Make Pie Crust

Roll and Crimp Pie Dough

Video | 03:05
Properly rolling and crimping pie dough ensures a flaky crust without leaks.
Roll and Crimp Pie Dough

Perfect Piecrust

Video | 03:20
Watch this video, and Kelsey will blind you with her piecrust science.
Perfect Piecrust

Flaky Pie Dough

Recipe | Courtesy of Sarah Sharratt
Total Time:
1 hour 20 minutes
Flaky Pie Dough

Alton's Piecrust Recipe

Video | 05:11
Trust us on this: Alton's is the only piecrust recipe you'll ever need.
Alton's Piecrust Recipe

How To Make Pie Crust

Article
Make (and master) an exceptional pie crust, and you're more than halfway to an exceptional pie. Here are a few insider tricks for tackling this daunting yet delicious pastry.
How To Make Pie Crust

All About Pie

Video | 01:31
A video guide to popular types of pie and tips for making great piecrust.
All About Pie

Perfectly Flaky Pie Crust

Video | 03:21
Aida shares her technique for making a perfectly flaky pie crust.
Perfectly Flaky Pie Crust

Thanksgiving in a Crust

Photo Gallery | 8 Photos
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Flaky Butter Pie Crust

Recipe | Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

Clida Ellison's Natchitoches Meat Pies

Recipe
Total Time:
2 hours 10 minutes

Sweet Tea Pie

Recipe | Courtesy of Lucy's Fried Chicken
Total Time:
2 hours 40 minutes
Sweet Tea Pie

Pecorino and Pepper Pie Crust

Recipe | Courtesy of Prairie Ranch
Total Time:
1 hour 30 minutes
Pecorino and Pepper Pie Crust

Pecorino and Pepper Pie Crust

Recipe | Courtesy of Prairie Ranch
Total Time:
1 hour 30 minutes
Pecorino and Pepper Pie Crust

Basic Savory Pie Crust

Recipe | Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

Bonnie Boyer's Shoofly Pie

Recipe | Courtesy of Bonnie Boyer
Total Time:
1 hour 25 minutes
Bonnie Boyer's Shoofly Pie

Georgia Pecan Pie

Recipe | Courtesy of Campbell's BBQ Co.
Total Time:
3 hours 15 minutes
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