Traditional Art of the Pie leaf lard and butter dough from Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life (page 58) by Kate McDermott

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  • JuneHawk on November 30, 2025

    Excellent dough. For a deep dish pie, however, I'd make about 1.25x at least because the dough amount as written is cutting it very, very close.

  • Lepa on November 16, 2025

    I finally got some leaf lard and tried this dough, which was easily the flakiest dough I have ever made. It was so easy to roll out! I added a bit of sugar so it didn't taste savory.

  • Cookie24 on December 28, 2020

    First time I've used leaf lard in pie crust. Rolled out well, easy to handle and baked up crispy and flaky. Made it by hand, but next time I'll probably use the food processor.

  • bching on May 31, 2019

    Delicious crust--bakes up crispy. I prefer the all butter crust in this book but I would definitely use this lard/butter combo for savory pies.

  • PQPantry on February 15, 2019

    The best crust recipe

  • jenmacgregor18 on August 01, 2018

    This was my first crust with leaf lard. It is easy to work with. I made a double batch for 2 double crust pies. I used the pastry blender/cutter method. I found the batch that I cut up a little bit more (no pieces the size of almonds) was a little easier to handle than the other. But they both turned out great.

  • Smokeydoke on February 22, 2017

    Unbelievably flaky and easy to work with, the leaf lard makes a huge difference.

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