Sugar Pie Crust Food

SUGAR PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, combine the flour and powdered sugar. Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form. Form the crumbs into a dough (you may need to add a little cold water if it is too crumbly). Press the dough into an 8 or 9 inch pie plate. Prick the bottom of the dough with a fork. Place the pie crust in the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and let the crust cool completely before using.

SUGAR PASTRY PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Combine flour and butter in mixer, mix for few seconds.
• Add sugar and salt and bring it to breadcrumb stage.
• Add the egg and cold water if needed.
• Take care not to overwet.
• Mix until it forms into a ball.
• Allow to rest in a cool place before using.
• Fill with whatever pie ingredients you're using.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

TARTE AU SUCRE FRANCAISE (FRENCH CANADIAN SUGAR PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In bowl, mix brown sugar and flour.
• In seperate bowl, whisk together milk, eggs and vanilla.
• Gradually add to flour mixture mixing well.
• Place cookie sheet under pie crust.
• Fill pie crust with mixture.
• Drop cold butter cubes throughout mixture.
• Cook for 45 to 50 minutes, until outside edges are firm and center is slightly jelly like.
• Refrigerate completly.
• Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

SUGAR CRUST CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Toss the cherries and sugar together with the kirsch and leave to macerate for 20 minutes.
• To make the pastry, put the flour in a food processor, add the butter and pulse to breadcrumbs.
• Add the superfine sugar and mix. Add the 2 egg yolks and pulse until the mixture comes together (you might need to add a splash of cold water as well). Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes.
• Heat the oven to 375°F Roll out half the pastry and line 1 large or 4 small pie dishes.
• Put the cherry mixture in the bottom then roll out the rest of the pastry and drape over the top and trim.
• Crimp and seal the edges then glaze all over with the remaining egg yolk. Bake for 30-35 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, sprinkle the brown sugar over.
• Rest for 10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.

NO SUGAR, PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º.
• Spray 9" pie dish with cooking spray.
• In a bowl mix the oats, flour, Splenda, & salt.
• Mix canola separately with 4 tbsp warm water, beat until frothy.
• Add Sprite to dry ingredients.
• Add frothed canola/water to mixture. Mix all.
• Press crust into plate bottom, moistening fingertips if needed.
• Bake at 400º for about 12 minutes. Crust is 62 calories per serving.