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All Butter Bourbon Pie Crust

All Butter Bourbon Pie Crust

Mackenzie Smith Kelley
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Can I make a vodka pie dough and use bourbon in place of vodka? The answer is yes. Yes, you can. 

The original vodka pie dough recipe, published by Cook’s Illustrated in 2007 (RIP), was created because vodka, with its high alcohol content, adds moisture to the dough without aiding in the formation of gluten. 

Less gluten formation = a flakier pie crust. Vodka is also used in place of water (which is very good at helping to form gluten) because it is flavorless, so it doesn’t interfere with the taste of the pie filling. 

Pumpkin and Cajeta Empanadas | Empanadas de Calabaza y Cajeta

Pumpkin and Cajeta Empanadas | Empanadas de Calabaza y Cajeta

Lauren Allen
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Pumpkin empanadas are a South Texas delicacy and finding them in the local panaderias in North Carolina is near impossible. This fall, I had an insatiable craving for empanadas de calabaza and my now not-so-secret dulce de leche pockets. With brisk autumn weather blowing in and holiday baking ideas swirling around in my head, pumpkin hand pies that you could serve for thanksgiving and empanadas de calabaza y cajeta that you can serve for merienda was my new recipe challenge.