The holiday baking season is upon us. The supermarkets have displays of the ingredients to prepare cakes, cookies and pies.

Though I am a professional cook, even I had trouble with cracked and tough pie crusts until I started using this recipe. It makes two crusts, but you will only need one for this single-crust pie.

It is also believed that the Greeks originated pie pastry, made with flour and water that formed a paste that was then wrapped around the meat. “Coffins” or “coffyns” (basket or box ...

From sticky dough to a soggy bottom, here are five common pie-making problems and how to fix them so your crust turns out ...