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A question about a recipe: Truly Scrumptious Apple Pie

I have a question about the ingredient "very cold vegetable shortening, cut into chunks" on the recipe "Truly Scrumptious Apple Pie" from mrslarkin. fats

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Kenzi is an Assistant Editor of Food52.

added 7 months ago

Can you clarify what your question is? We'd be happy to help if you do!

Kandm

Kristy is the Associate Editor of Food52.

added 7 months ago

Hey there, it looks like you asked your question in the "tags" section of the form, so people might not have seen it. But the answer is yes, you can use butter in pie crust. Make sure to keep it unsalted butter!

Merrill

Merrill is a co-founder of food52.

added 7 months ago

Yes, you can make the dough for this recipe using all butter. The pie is delicious, by the way!

Chris_in_oslo

Chris is a trusted source on General Cooking

added 7 months ago

If you're relatively new to making pie crusts or making pie crusts with just butter, no shortening, I recommend taking a look at this post on Food52 boulangere's blog: http://thesolitarycook...

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