pie crust
food
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major reference
- In baking: Unleavened products: pie crusts
Pie crusts are the major volume item of unleavened products prepared by modern bakeries. Small amounts of baking powder or soda are sometimes added to pie-crust doughs, mostly in domestic cookery. This addition, although increasing tenderness, tends to eliminate the desirable flakiness and…
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pie
shortening
- In shortening
…cakes containing 10–20 percent, and piecrusts containing over 30 percent. Increasing shortening proportions increases tenderness, but very high proportions may cause cakes to fall.
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