Pie Crust Masterclass

Even experienced bakers may find pie crust daunting and avoid making it from scratch. This course will show you three ways of making pie crust and how to bake with it, but also go through the science behind the ingredients and techniques so you can pump out pie crusts like a pro!

The course was created using Google Slides and contains all the info you need to make pie crust from scratch, 3 ways. You will gain access to a few base recipes to get you started, videos to show each method to make pie crust, how to roll it, how to line a pie plate with pie crust, how to par-bake or blind-bake, how to create decorative pie crust tops, and more.

Here’s the table of contents*:

*Order of sections may vary and you can go through them in any order you like!

• Introduction & Background

In this section, you will read about Janice’s credentials and the reason this course was created. We will also define what pie is for the purpose of this course.

• Welcome
• What is Pie
• Types of Pie Crust
• Tools

In this section, we will cover the tools, pans, and ingredients you need to make pie crust and pies. We will also cover the different types of pie plates and the materials they are made of as the materials have an impact on how your pies will bake.

• Pie Plate Materials + Which You Should Choose
• Ingredients

• Science of Pie Dough
• How to Make Pie Crust

If you want to master pie dough from scratch, first you need to learn the science of pie dough to understand how the ingredients and steps impact the texture of the crust. Then we can go over the three ways of assembling the ingredients to make pie crusts.

• Basic Recipes to Get You Started
• How to Make Pie Crust in a Food Processor
• VIDEO How to Make Pie Crust in a Food Processor | 8 mins 1.02 GB
• How to Make Pie Crust with a Stand Mixer
• VIDEO How to Make Pie Crust in a Stand Mixer | 5 mins 703 MB
• How to Make Pie Crust by Hand
• VIDEO How to Make Pie Crust by Hand | 8 mins 1 GB
• VIDEO Dough Temperature | 2 mins 230 MB
• Rolling Out the Dough
• VIDEO How to Roll Pie Crust | 4 mins 553 MB
• VIDEO How to Line a Pie Plate with Dough + How to Trim the Dough.mp4 | 4 mins 482 MB
• Decorative Crust Techniques
• Learn some of the fun ways you can create a decorative top crust and edges.
• How to Make a Lattice Top Crust
• VIDEO How to Make a Lattice Top Crust | 2 mins 80 MB
• Twirled Pie Crust Top
• Decorative Cutout Pie Tops
• VIDEO How to Create a Decorative Cutout Top Crusts with a Cutter | 5 mins 596 MB
• Crimping the Edges
• VIDEO How to Crimp Pie Crust Edges | 2 mins 263 MB
• Braided Pie Crust
• VIDEO How to Create a Braided Edge | 7 mins 884 MB
• Baking and Blind-Baking

Making the crust is half the battle and you can literally ruin a pie in the oven if you don’t bake it at the right temperature, on the right oven rack, and for long enough. Find out everything you need to know about baking your pies with info about blind-baking versus par-baking and why we take those extra steps sometimes, but not always.

• Baking Unfilled Pie Crusts: Blind-baking and Par-baking
• VIDEO How to Blind-/Par-bake | 3 mins 321 MB
• Baking Filled Pies
• Egg Wash
• VIDEO How to Make an Egg Wash | 2 mins 156 MB
• Common Pie Crust Problems and Solutions

No matter how much baking we do, there will always be a few stumbles along the way. It’s inevitable. The goal is to get a little better with every mistake and learn! In this section, we will go over some of the common pie crust problems and technique adjustments you can make in order to hopefully avoid these issues in the future.

Common Pie Crust Problems

• Tips For Success
• Next Steps
• Now that you’ve learned everything there is to know about pie crust, what now?
• Practice, practice, practice!
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