Easy to Roll Out Pie Crust
Posted by Amy | Filed under Food
I made Grandma Chunkie’s Chocolate Pie for Thanksgiving. It turned out so good! Each kid got their own pie and were in heaven:-)
I usually don’t make pies because I can never roll out the dough! I’m a pie rolling dummy. It gets all sticky and I end up super frustrated. Well, not this year! I came up with an idea and wanted to share my tip. Who knows, this may already be something you do, or some fancy product sold at Williams Sonoma, but to me, it was a new idea:-)
I used Glad Press’n Seal to cover the dough and roll it out. I had some left over from Halloween, which I used to cover tables when the kids painted their pumpkins at my Pumpkin Painting Party. (Love this stuff!)
I added a little flour on both sides of the dough. Rolled it out.
Then turned the pie plate upside down over the dough, flipped it, pulled off the Press’n Seal and walla!
It really was easy as pie! Saved me so much pie rolling frustration. Happy pie making!
Tags: chocolate pie, cooking, easy, Food, glad, pie crust, press n seal, tip
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Hi Amy,
what a great idea. I too fail miserably at pie crust. I usually cheat and buy the pre-made crusts. I’ll try this though.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 am
Well, this looks so easy, maybe even I can do it! Love those little individual pies for the kids. So cute.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 am
You are a domestic goddess.
They look awesome!!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 am
I wonder if this will also work for rolling cookie dough?????
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
Great tip, Amy! However, I’m a frozen pie crust kind of gal. There are some things that are best left to my mama – like making the perfect gravy, gumbo roux and pie crusts. Hmmm, must be something about flour that scares me.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
For the love of Peter Paul and Mary–those look absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS!! Please excuse me while I go find a carrot to gnaw on until the lust wears off…
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I never, ever, never make pie…but if I ever do I will remember your trick. Great idea!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
oh the simple joys of dough. i want to spend a whole day just making pies with my kids. wouldn’t that be fun? just stop the world…we are making pies! sweet
xoxo
shelbi
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December 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Good effort! Your pies look yummy. I’m a pie lover, and I had the same issues as you. I managed to buy a “silpat” a couple of years ago. Good for pies and you can put hot candies on them too…no sticking. Like caramels and such. Just can’t cut on it, bummer.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Great minds think alike – my tip today was for my alternative to wax paper for rolling out crusts. I do something very similar to that. It does work great!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Thanks for the great tip! I will definitely try it. Dough isn’t always my friend.
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December 4th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Yummmmm! That looks absolutely delicious!
Have a blessed and wonderful day!
smiles, kari & kijsa
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December 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I don’t know what I am more thankful for, the great pie rolling idea or the recipe. Thanks for sharing both!
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December 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I HAVE to go buy some of this stuff. You just solved my x-mas baking problems in one post- I hate, hate, hate (Did I mention hate?) rolling out dough of any sort. It always sticks to the pin, then I have to try to scrape it off of my board without losing the shape. I’ve been avoiding it. Now, I can go make those cut sugar cookies I wanted!
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January 28th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Brilliant. Now I just need a good pie crust recipe…
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