Pat In A Pan Nut Crust Recipes

NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Chop walnuts or pecans (I did mine in the blender).
• Melt butter and mix with the nuts in a pie plate.
• Add sugar and salt and pat into bottom of pie pan.
• Oila! Cooking is done, and you're ready to fill your crust.

PRESS-IN-THE-PAN PIE CRUST WITH NUTS

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix all ingredients until soft dough forms. Using lightly floured fingers, press firmly and evenly against bottom and side of 9-inch glass pie plate.
• Fill and bake as directed in pie recipe. Or to bake before filling is added, heat oven to 475°F. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown; cool on cooling rack.

PAT IN PAN PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Place the flour, sugar, and salt in the pie pan and mix with your fingers until blended.
• In a measuring cup, combine the oil and milk and beat with a fork until creamy.
• Pour all at once over flour mixture.
• Mix with a fork until the flour mixture is completely moistened.
• Pat the dough with your fingers, first up the sides of the plate, then across the bottom.
• Flute the edges.
• Shell is now ready to be filled.
• If you are preparing a shell to fill later, or your recipe requires a prebaked crust, preheat the oven to 425.
• Prick the pastry with a fork and bake 15 minute.

PAT-IN-THE-PAN PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven.
• Preheat to 400 deg F.
• Whisk flour and salt together in a bowl or process the mixture for 10 seconds in a food processor.
• Add butter; mash with back of fork or process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Drizzle 2-3 tbsp cream over the top and stir or process till crumbs look damp and hold together when pinched.
• Transfer mixture to prepared 9-inch pie pan or 9.
• 5 or 10-inch two-piece tart pan.
• Pat evenly along bottom and sides with fingertips.
• If making a pie, form crust edge and crimp or flute with fingers.
• Prick bottom/sides with fork.
• Bake till crust is golden brown, 18-22 minutes, prcking bottom once or twice if it bubbles.
• If filling crust with uncooked mixture that requires further cooking, whisk together egg yolk and salt, then brush inside of crust with mixture.
• Return to oven until egg glaze sets, 1-2 minutes.

PAT-IN-PAN PASTRY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir the flour, salt and oil until all flour is moistened. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all water is absorbed.
• Gather the pastry into a ball. Press in the bottom and up the side of a 9-inch glass pie plate; flute. Unbaked Pie Crust: Fill and bake as directed in the pie recipe. Baked Pie Crust: Heat the oven to 475°F. Prick the bottom and side of the pastry thoroughly with a fork. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely on a cooling rack, about 30 minutes. Fill as directed in the pie recipe.

PAT-A-PIE PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Sift flour, sugar and salt into bowl. Whip oil and milk together. Pour over flour mixture, and mix with a fork. Pat 2/3 of dough into a pie plate. Use filing of your choice. Crumble rest of dough on top (except on cream pies). (I like to add brown sugar, crushed walnuts and cinnamon to the mixture for my apple pie). Bake as for any pie.