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Flaky pastry is the best showcase for your homemade pie.

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The ingredients are pretty basic: flour, ice water, shortening, and salt. And the instructions on making, rolling, and fitting the dough are easy to follow. This is the perfect primer for a novice or anyone who wants to improve their pastry-making skills.

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The Perfect Cream Cheese Pie Crust

Submitted by: Carmen

Home Town: Casper, Wyoming, USA

Living In: Puyallup, Washington, USA

Cream cheese joins butter to make the tastiest, most-pliable pie crust ever. Make several and keep them ready in the freezer for when the mood strikes.

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Submitted by: Ann

This unique quiche crust takes only minutes to make thanks to quick cooking rice.

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Submitted by: Joanna

This flaky cheese crust is a great base for any savory quiche filling.

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Pie Crust IV

Submitted by: Jan Bittner

The proportions are nice in this pastry dough, with just the right ratio of flour to shortening to water. Everything incorporates perfectly and the dough is easy to roll out. This recipe for flaky, tender crust doubles well and freezes nicely.

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Pie Crust I

Submitted by: Brenda

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Pie Crust Treats

Submitted by: Dawn Timmerman

This is a fun rainy day treat for the kids to make. They might need a bit of help rolling the dough, but the rest will be a snap for small hands. The pastry is cut into fun shapes, spread with softened butter and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. They 're in and out of the oven within ten minutes.