Tried-and-True Piecrust

Preparation info
  • Makes

    2

    sheets
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lord Honey: Traditional Southern Recipes with a Country Bling Twist

By Jason Smith

Published 2023

  • About

Piecrust is one of those things that can stump even the best bakers. Most piecrusts are made with either cold milk or water. Granny Creech opted for milk, and she never had a piecrust fail. I learned a li’l twist from an old lady that I worked with years ago, and I have to say I was shocked to learn this secret from a tee-totaling church woman. But she swore she never snuck a sip. Her secret was ice-cold vodka. At the time, I didn’t know how it worked—I just knew she