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Cooking & Baking

yellowdogintexas

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8. My grandmother used lard for years, then switched

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Thu Jun 15, 2023, 11:18 PM

Jun 2023

due to cholesterol issues.

My mom said Granny never made a good piecrust after she quit using lard. Also biscuits.

I don't make pie very often, much more of a cake baker but I have always used butter. I have also made cream cheese piecrust; that is really good.

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Pie crust made with lard [View all] no_hypocrisy Jun 2023 OP

Never made pie crust. elleng Jun 2023 #1

Sounds yummy. MOMFUDSKI Jun 2023 #2

My grandma always said to use lard in pie crusts... makes for a flakier crust. sinkingfeeling Jun 2023 #3

A small roadside stand... hippywife Jun 2023 #4

My Mother only used lard. Delmette2.0 Jun 2023 #5

well... Kali Jun 2023 #6

Crisco changed its formula some time in the last decade or so... Grasswire2 Jun 2023 #7

My grandmother used lard for years, then switched yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #8

I am a 100% butter fan...for flavor! BigmanPigman Jun 2023 #9

My mom kept a jar of bacon fat in the fridge for pie crusts. GPV Jun 2023 #10

I wanted to have the effect of lard Marthe48 Jun 2023 #11

I've used lard spinbaby Jun 2023 #12

I often return to the Rx for piecrust from Jeff Smith no_hypocrisy Jun 2023 #13