Making pie crust is intimidating. I've only been baking for a few years and probably tried every known method of making pie crust. I researched, baked, tested, researched, baked, tested.....until I arrived at the successful desired result. I now have my go to pie crust recipes that I use exclusively and always have success with the end result. Thankfully I had enough people to be my taste testers for critical feed back. To me making pie crust is an art form that is a labor of love and I always feel like I've created a masterpiece when I'm done. When I make a savory pie crust for meat pies etc I use lard that I render myself. For sweet pies I use an all butter, water/vodka mix with a little sugar. And I often use a flavored vodka like Cold River Blueberry flavor (or other flavor depending on the pie) as it adds the most delicious aroma.

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