Easy No-Fail Pie Crust

Made it and it turned out FANTASTIC! I will be using this recipe from now on. Thank you so much for this excellent, non fussy pie crust recipe!

This recipe is amazing! I’ve never been able to make a decent pie crust, and definitely never a successful roll-out crust but this one was perfect! I made two chicken pot pies and still had enough dough left to make another pie with top and bottom crust so it made six crusts in total. Unfortunately this isn’t a recipe you can make a smaller portion of, so be prepared to make 3 pies with top and bottom crusts or about 6 pies with bottom crust only. Next time I will try freezing up some crust between parchment and see if it comes out alright. A couple notes: I substituted the 1 2/3 cups lard for 2 cups shortening and it came out beautifully; and after leaving the third pie’s dough in the fridge in a lidded container for two days, it was completely rock hard. I filled a sauce-pot with some water and put a vegetable steamer on top and set the dough on top to steam it and even after becoming rock hard and having to be steamed back to life, it still came out tender and flaky! I’ll definitely be making more pies now that I’ve found this recipe.

This recipe is amazing! I’ve never been able to make a decent pie crust, and definitely never a successful roll-out crust but this one was perfect! I made two chicken pot pies and still had enough dough left to make another pie with top and bottom crust so it made six crusts in total. Unfortunately this isn’t a recipe you can make a smaller portion of, so be prepared to make 3 pies with top and bottom crusts or about 6 pies with bottom crust only. Next time I will try freezing up some crust between parchment and see if it comes out alright. A couple notes: I substituted the 1 2/3 cups lard for 2 cups shortening and it came out beautifully; and after leaving the third pie’s dough in the fridge in a lidded container for two days, it was completely rock hard. I filled a sauce-pot with some water and put a vegetable steamer on top and set the dough on top to steam it and even after becoming rock hard and having to be steamed back to life, it still came out tender and flaky! I’ll definitely be making more pies now that I’ve found this recipe.

This is the first time I’ve made a pie I could be proud of. The crust is tender but not difficult to roll or transfer to tin. My only regret is I didn’t find this years ago.

This was my first time making pie crust and my first time working with lard. It came out great both times I made the recipe! I’m not a fan of working with lard so I may reserve this only for holidays and special occasions but definitely a fool-proof recipe!

No change in recipe the crust was great

Substituted the lard for 1/2 Crisco and 1/2 butter. Really nice texture and made a beautiful lattice for apple pie. Definitely will use again!