73 Reviews of Homemade Pie Crust

From: Gay Gilmore

On Dec 8, 2001

Did a half and half butter to shortening for a bit more flavor. Great crust!

From: Narshmellow

On May 13, 2004

Never made a pie crust, always sounded too complicated. Tried a couple that sounded easy. Didn't turn out the way I wanted. So I decided to try this after the good reviews. When the topic of butter and lard came up I asked my mom what she used. She informed me that she never really made crusts, but her mom always used lard, no butter. So, I made this recipe with only lard. This was so easy. I had it mixed, rolled out and in the pan in ten minutes. It was an excellent crust, so much better than anything I had made before and WAY better than anything from the store. The edge didn't cook faster than the rest, the color of it was uniform. This will be my pie crust recipe from now on. Thanks.

From: Marie

On Mar 11, 2004

As others suggested, I too used half shortening and half butter, mixed it in the food processor and the crusts came out so flaky. I made one and a half batches for an apple pie and a lemon meringue. This was the easiest pie crust ever to work with and no chilling necessary. Even novices would do well with this one. Thanks so much, Elizabeth for posting this wonderful recipe and I will surely use this again many more times.

From: Elizabeth Fullerton

On Aug 20, 2002

Gay, I tried it with the half butter /half shortening that you suggested. I agree. It made it much better. Thanks for the tip!

From: spatchcock

On May 19, 2002

Very nice crust! I'd never made pie crust before, and this was so easy and wonderful. I don't have a pastry cutter, so I just had to deal with my mixer and my hands, but it still turned out very well. I used this with "Fresh Rhubarb Pie." (I don't have the recipe number written down!)

From: daggersmommy

On Oct 11, 2004

Super easy yummy crust. Worked beautifully for my 2 sweet potato pies. This is going to be my permanent pie crust recipe. No need to search any longer. I used Butter flavor Crisco.

From: Soup Fly *

On Feb 13, 2005

This was my first attempt at pie crust and I was amazed by how well it turned out. I always thought it was incredibly difficult, so I never tried. I didn't have any shortening so made it with butter only. Good and flaky!

From: Marg (CaymanDesigns)

On Nov 25, 2004

An excellent, flaky crust. I used pastry flour and Crisco shortening (I learned a long time ago to not trust the cheap stuff for pie crust.) I also use a pie bag to roll it out in so I don't have to add a lot of extra flour to keep it from sticking to the counter. Bakes up beautifully!

From: Carolyn Buffington

On Mar 11, 2003

It was very good. I also used half butter and lard. Very easy to make. Thank you for the recipe.

From: LA28

On Mar 30, 2005

Oo, this turned out great!! I'm always scared of making pie crusts, but I hate the idea of buying them at the store. Thanks to this recipe I have a little more confidence. Thank you very much!!