Pie Crusts

We're thinking a fresh blueberry pie in a walnut crust sounds divine.

If you believe butter is best, or you ran out of shortening and need to know how to make piecrust without shortening, here's how to make a piecrust containing only flour, salt, butter, and water. The combination is almost magical in how it bakes up into light, flaky piecrusts.

You can skip the shortening this holiday season, because, as the name suggests, Erin McDowell's All-Buttah pie crust recipe uses just butter, flour, salt, and water. You can adapt the recipe for almost filling, so keep it handy for all your pumpkin, apple, chocolate, and pecan pies!

This recipe has just the right amount of sweetness accompanied by a bite of citrus. The candied lemon isn't necessary, but if you are big into lemon, you won't want to skip it.

Use half avocado and half shortening for a flaky, savory crust that's the perfect partner for a taco-flavored beef and black bean filling.

We've got you covered from chocolate to gluten-free.