Guest guest Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 I have been having good luck with this recipe, which is actually the crust for a filled cookie in Claudia Roden's Middle Eastern cookbook. I made the cookie, ate a bit of crust, and said, this tastes like pie crust, and haven't looked back since! I modified the method to make it easier for lazy cooks like me. In a microwave safe bowl, put in 1 stick of butter (one fourth pound), 1/2 cup cooking oil, 1/2 cup water. Heat 1-2 minutes until the butter is melted. Add about one teaspoon salt and stir. Add 2-3 cups of flour to make a soft dough, a little bit softer than most pie crust. Take a lump of the dough and pat it out to fill the pie pan. You do not need to roll it out, just shove it out with clean fingers as if it were PlayDoh. Patch any holes. Make a pretty rim design. Fill it up with pie filling. If you want a topping, you can roll out more crust and flip it on top, or roll it out, slice into strips and make a lattice. Left overs are good rolled out, brushed with butter, and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Then roll up the left over sprinkled pie crust into a roll and slice it across and bake in a little custard cup. (This is a good project for a child who is learning to cook--she can usually present the little cinnamon crust nibbles as " what she made all by herself " !) Sue in St. Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Sounds good. And -- ew! -- I just found out that the Pillsbury rolled-up refrigerated pie crusts contain lard! Ick! I don't know if the store brand I have bought before also has lard, but I " m betting it does... I will try this recipe next time. Audrey S. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:07 PM, sue reynolds <skreynolds2wrote: > I have been having good luck with this recipe, which is actually the > crust for a filled cookie in Claudia Roden's Middle Eastern cookbook. I made > the cookie, ate a bit of crust, and said, this tastes like pie crust, and > haven't looked back since! I modified the method to make it easier for lazy > cooks like me. > > In a microwave safe bowl, put in 1 stick of butter (one fourth pound), 1/2 > cup cooking oil, 1/2 cup water. Heat 1-2 minutes until the butter is melted. > Add about one teaspoon salt and stir. Add 2-3 cups of flour to make a soft > dough, a little bit softer than most pie crust. Take a lump of the dough and > pat it out to fill the pie pan. You do not need to roll it out, just shove > it out with clean fingers as if it were PlayDoh. Patch any holes. Make a > pretty rim design. Fill it up with pie filling. > > If you want a topping, you can roll out more crust and flip it on top, or > roll it out, slice into strips and make a lattice. > > Left overs are good rolled out, brushed with butter, and sprinkled with > cinnamon and sugar. Then roll up the left over sprinkled pie crust into a > roll and slice it across and bake in a little custard cup. (This is a good > project for a child who is learning to cook--she can usually present the > little cinnamon crust nibbles as " what she made all by herself " !) > > Sue in St. Louis > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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