No, pie crust is one of the things that has to use a solid shortening.
You should be able to use lard instead of vegetable based greases. Many people only make their pie crusts with lard.
Is the question about "vegetable shortening"? In apple pie filling, a small amount of butter (about 2 Tablespoons) NOT shortening, should be used to "dot" the top of the filling before the top crust is applied. For any pie crust, including crust for apple pie, butter or lard, or a combination of both, may be used instead of vegetable shortening. There are also recipes for crust made with vegetable oil, which produce a slightly different type of crust with a crumbly texture.
The basic ingredients in pie crust are flour, fat (shortening, lard, butter or oil), salt and water.
It appears to be a pie containing pineapple and blueberries with a Crisco shortening crust.
It appears to be a pie containing pineapple and blueberries with a Crisco shortening crust.
Shortening is any type of fat (butter, lard, hydrogenated vegetable oil) that is used for pastry to create a crumbly texture. This is good for a pie crust. Usually it's used firm not liquid depends on the recipe.
Sweet potato pie is usually made with a regular single pie crust made with flour, lard / shortening, a bit of salt and cold water. The crust should not be pre-baked. Also, a graham-cracker pie crust is quite tasty with sweet potato pie.
Without sugar, no. Without added sugar, absolutely. You could use a sugar substitute, like sucralose, or just precook some apples to bring out their naturally-occuring sweetness.Organic honey also makes a very good natural sweetening agent and substitute for sugar.
Flour used for pie dough is all-purpose flour. This flour type is versatile for making a pliable, dense dough that will keep firm.
According to one of the discussions on vegguide.org, Baker's Square pies, "...are never made with lard and the crust is made with shortening."
Margarine can be used as a substitute for the butter.
Not always! It just depends on the recipe, whether homemade or store-bought. Shortening used in the pie crust recipe helps to make tender flaky crusts whether homemade or not!
A single pie crust is just the bottom crust on a finished pie. For instance, a French Silk or pumpkin pie is a single crust pie.A double crust is a pie that has a bottom, filling and then a top crust to cover the pie. A traditional apple or blueberry pie is a double crust. An apple pie with a crumble topping instead of that second crust on top is a single crust pie.