#CriscoKnowsPie
*I am partnering with Crisco in celebration of Pi Day. Although I will be compensated, all opinions are my own.
Pi Day is tomorrow (3/14), and to celebrate, I made a pie! Actually, I was asked by Crisco to bake a pie and celebrate. I have to say that the hashtag #CriscoKnowsPie is absolutely perfect. They really do know pie dough – and so do I, thanks to my mom who was the best baker in the world. She taught me from an early age how to bake, and her standard pie dough called for Crisco. I remember her stressing each and every time that I helped her, that the Crisco has to be really cold before incorporating it. I have never forgotten her advice, and I have the best memories of baking with her as a little girl (all the way up until I became an adult!). The Crumble Topped Peach Pie that I created is very similar to a peach pie she used to make.
I was asked to participate in the Crisco #PiDay project, and I gladly said yes. I have always baked with Crisco when making goodies, so it just seemed like a genuine fit for me.
The Classic Crisco Pie Dough is the same recipe my mom always used:
Classic Crisco Pie Dough:
1 1/3 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick well-chilled Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
OR 1/2 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
3 to 6 tablespoons ice cold water
Filling:
2 1/2 cups (2 to 3 large) peeled, sliced fresh or frozen peaches
3/4 cup granulated sugar, plus additional for topping
1/4 cup quick-cooking tapioca
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon almond extract (I used vanilla)
1/4 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
Crumble mixture:
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped almonds (I used pecans)
3 tablespoons butter, melted
I started by mixing the ingredients for my dough – super easy. My mom showed me how to make “pebbles” before adding the water.
Oh my…it turned out beautifully. It tasted even better! I present to you my Crumble Topped Peach Pie made with Crisco Sticks!
Crisco hasn’t failed me yet – my pie crust always turns out perfect – flaky and tasty. I don’t ever see myself using any other kind of shortening for my pie crusts!
Do you like to bake as much as I do? Is Crisco your go-to ingredient when you make pie dough? Follow along with the fun with #CriscoKnowsPie and #PiDay! Oh, and make sure you visit the Crisco Facebook page for a special Pi Day coupon for Crisco Baking Sticks!
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Cindy Merrill
What is iSmart Outreach? Never heard of it, we don’t have a “Smart” phone yet. I’d like to get one, someday, when the prices are reasonable.
Cindy Merrill
Puff pastry is my favorite treat to make, always wonderful results with this.
Vera wilsonn
That would be something new to try. By the way the recipe sounds yummy!!
vera wilson
Home made biscuits is the main thing I make with Crisco. They turn out good all the time.
Sky
Buttercream icing! I use a recipe with half butter and half Crisco and it’s the best frosting ever!
Shelly H
I love using Crisco in my pie making as I always make homemade dough. I also like using it when I make Shepard’s Pie or when I make my own pasta dough for homemade chicken pot pie
Jennifer Rogers
Not sure about the Smart I reach, but I love Peach anything and I adefinitely going to bake this pie! I am not much of a pie crust maker but your directions make it so I can make a good pie crust! Thanks!!
Jennifer Rogers
I love to make Bundt Cakes, cakes and cakes with Crisco!!!
Sheila Vives
Crisco baking sticks are awesome. So much better than using those large cans I grew up with. It was so hard to handle those big cans when I was a little girl trying to learn cooking skills.
D Schmidt
Not sure about the first question since I have never heard of it.
I love to use Crisco to make chocolate chip cookies.
vickie couturier
to be honest I dont have a clue what a smart reach is,,so the answer is it cant help me if I dont know about it
vickie couturier
I make some awesome cornbread with Crisco
Leigh Anne Borders
I love to make cookies using Crisco! There is nothing better.
Leigh Anne Borders
I am not sure what Smart Reach is. We have smart phones so I might be interested in it. I just need to know what it is 😉
A Larson
I’m a senior citizen, and Crisco has been around all my life, it seems! My late mother (1903-1985) always used Crisco, and so do I!
David
I am not familiar with the Smart iReach. We actually don’t use cellular phones, so it is probably of little use to us!!
David
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is biscuits. We even use cookie cutters to give them unique shapes.
robyn paris
i like to use crisco to fry chicken.
Alyce Poalillo
Pie crusts are my favorite use of Crisco
Lesley F
I make a Bean Paste dish that I love using Crisco
Danai
Fried chicken is my favorite.
Anne
I always keep some Crisco on hand for pastry. I usually use half butter and half Crisco, which gives me a nice flaky crust with good flavor. I like the idea of getting some Crisco sticks, which would make measuring it so much easier.
Jessica To
I use it to make cake frosting.
latanya
fried chicken
Laura DeLuca
I like baking cookies
shirley
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco would have to be pie and cobbler crust.
Margaret Smith
I like to bake cookies using Crisco
Kelly Nicholson
Tell me your favorite thing to cook with Crisco!
mostly pie dough, and french fries..thank you
Pamela Gurganus
My favorite thing to cook (bake) with Crisco is biscuits!
Heather B
You can never go wrong using Crisco in Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Cheryl Larimer
I love using my Crisco for fried chicken.
shelly peterson
I like to use it to bake cookies.
Andrea Williams
I like to make biscuits with Crisco.
sandra davis
I love making cookies with Crisco.
Sara Estep
I make cookies with Crisco 🙂
Kristi C
I love to make cookies using Crisco.
s.w
Love to use it to bake pumpkin bread with
Dawn Monroe
I like to use the crisco butter sticks for icing to decorate cakes with. It comes out perfect every time.
Amy Pratt
I have to have Crisco for my pie crusts. They turn out so flaky.
Selinda
I have some Molasses cookies that use Crisco that are great!
Sheryl
My favorite thing to make using Crisco is Fried Green Tomatoes.
Mary Anderson
I use Crisco to make great biscuits from my Grandmother’s recipe.
Tiffany S
I like making biscuits with Crisco.
Mary Beth Elderton
Pie crusts are my favorite thing to make with Crisco! I have tried other recipes with other ingredients and they just aren’t as flaky and nice. BTW–your peach pie looks wonderful!
janet woodling
Homemade biscuits made with Crisco…Yummy!
Tari Lawson
I love making pie crust with Crisco. I have a great recipe that goes perfect with fruit pies.
Nancy Marcho
I used it yesterday when I baked some onion rings.
Amanda Kinder
I haven’t used Crisco in a while, but I loved using it for cookies.
Sue Ellison
I like using Crisco for my butter cream frosting.
Robin Miller
I like making my pie crusts with Crisco
Jill H
Pie crusts, however I am still in the learning phase of this one!
Brittney House
I like using it when I cook my pies.
Heather D
I would say my favorite thing is biscuits, but I think my mom also uses it for things like pie crusts for pot pies. It is good stuff.
chickie brewer
If i have to choose I think it would be pie crust. I haven’t tried it but I’ve heard so many great things!
Lorena Keech
Crisco makes the lightest baking powder biscuits, it is all I use.
Kelly Nicholson
ive entered the contest,and now im trying for the ice maker…i love pie and crisco..thank
nickie
I like to make biscuits.
Susan Christy
Strawberry Rhubarb pie
Becca
I love using it in chocolate chunk cookies!
mrsshukra
Peanut butter cookies with Crisco are good!
kristy Miller
I use it in pies, yummy!
Cheryl
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is pies — it makes the best crust.
Iliana R
I love making biscuits!
Kimberly O
I use it for cookies. Thanks!
Char Wil
Crisco is the best!
robyn donnelly
I like making biscuits or pies with crisco.
Natalie
Chocolate chip cookies! Or fried chicken!
Whitney Bellows
We love to use it for cookies!!
Dana Rodriguez
It makes the crispiest chicken and fish!
Candice
I make biscuits most often using Crisco.
Jennifer Heintz
Crisco is always in my pantry. I use it for many things, but my favorite use is for cookies. Mmm.
sandra
I u se it for pancakes
chris z
i like to make cookies
Darlene Carbajal
I use Crisco for baking cookies!
Anita Yancey
I use Crisco for a lot of things, but my favorite is for frying eggs. My mom used Crisco when I was a little girl, so it has been around for a very long time.
Alison Tolar
My favorite thing to make with Crisco is biscuits.
kelly mcgrew
i have never used crisco!
Sandy Cain
We’ve been using Crisco since the 1960s – it make flakier, more delicious crusts and pastries, even cookies better than anything else, even butter. We’ve never been without it. Often imitated, never duplicated. Your pie looks totally awesome, and I agree with you – hashtag #CriscoKnowsPie is perfect!!!
jberry
Barely ever use CRISCO anymore. However, if I make my aunt’s famous fried chicken, it’s a must.
Terra Heck
My favorite to cook with Crisco is peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
JIll H
Pie crusts.
Melissa S
I have a recipe for delicious sugar cookies made with butter flavored Criscoe. It is also the only thing to fry chicken in.
Wendy Caddy
I love to use Crisco to make pie crust and biscuits.
Veronica G
I use Crisco to make biscuits or thin out chocolate for dipping.
Tracy Davis
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is a cherry cobbler.
Robert Brown
Cookies, lots and lots of cookies.
Mary
Piecrust, of course! Everything from chicken pot pie to apple pie!
Kelly D
I like to bake apple pie.
cynthia R
My homemade brownies uses crisco
ELIZABETH C.
I use crisco to make chicken. Oh yum. Delicious!
FRANK
i use crisco to fry eggplant.
Wendy R.
I have a good cookie recipe that uses butter flavor crisco.
Valencia
I like using it to make certain types of cookies.
Brenda Haines
Oh My! This looks amazing!!!
Seyma Shabbir
I love t make biscuits!
Trisha Burgess
I use it to make cookies!!!
Monique Rizzo
I like to make the chocolate chip cookies on the crisco recipes.
Lisa Levitt
The only thing I ever bake is pies, I use crisco in the dough.
Melissa Shirley
I love making pies and love the way Crisco makes the crust taste!!
McKim
I love to make – and eat – Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Christine
I love using Crisco on popcorn.
Thanks for the chance!
Rhonda
I love making fried pies in the summer with all kinds of delcious fruit!
Robin W
Fried Chicken is my favorite things to make using Crisco.
Mary Rutter
I like to make chocolate chip cookies
mintpearls
I love using it in Almond cookies. Thanks for the chance!
nickie
That would be something new to try. It looks yummy!
polly
I use Crisco for my sugar cookies
Leela
I like using Crisco for pie crusts.
Leela
That peach pie looks amazing.
mrsshukra
Love peach pie but never tried to bake it myself, thanks for the recipe!
tammigirl
I will not make a pie crust without Crisco, because that’s what makes them perfect! (Well, that and vinegar)
But my favorite thing is to use the Crisco chocolate chip cookie recipe with butter flavored Crisco. Perfect texture! I’m a straight butter girl on the table, but when it comes to baking nothing beats the textures Crisco gives you.
You did a beautiful job with the top of that pie!
carol clark
it looks so delicous looks easy to make also will try this one day
carol clark
i use it for my cookies i make love it
Ashley C
I have an oatmeal cookie recipe that uses crisco and it is So good! Its my favorite!
Stacy
I use Crisco to make frosting for my cakes and cupcakes.
Jennifer Tilson
I use Crisco in my cookie recipes.
Rebecca Parsons
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is pie crust, it is about the only thing I use Crisco with.
denise low
I use crisco to make homemade pie crust.
Melinda Stephens
The only thing I ever use it for is pie crust. I actually rarely see it called for in recipes.
Derrick Johnson
I use Crisco to make dumplings,cobblers and pie crusts.
Carolyn G
I like making apple pie
Marilyn Nawara
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is Fried Chicken.
Virginia Rowell
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is our bacon cheddar biscuits.
Stephanie Galbraith
We make fried chicken with crisco.
Em Mahr
I love to make peanut butter cookies with Crisco
Rose Reeder
Crisco is the best and I like it for biscuits and cookies.
Megan Cromes
i love to cook pies and cakes.
Brittany doerfler
i really love to make peanut butter cookies using crisco
MARTHAIA
The only & Crisco to use with making Fried Crisp Chicken…
Annamarie V
I use Crisco to make my pie crust, I make a really good pecan pie.
Paula Hafner
My favorite thing is homemade pie crust for my homemade chocolate pie.
Kim Keithline
I make chicken tender with criso they crisp up great
Dawn Keenan
I love making homemade dumplings with Crisco.
natalie yeoman
i use it to make some vanilla icing
Ronalee
My favorite thing to use Crisco for is fried chicken.
Lisa V.
I can remember my mom always making friend chicken with it.
Erica B.
Definitely cookies!
denise low
I love to cook with crisco. The peach pie looks so delicious. Thank you for the recipe
Ellie Wright
We use Crisco when we make rum cakes for the holidays.
Denise Welch
I like to make pie crust and use it in making cookies.
Starla B
That looks so good. Coincidence because my favorite thing to bake with Crisco is definitely peach cobbler! Especially with fresh peaches!
Birdiebee
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is pie. Our family are huge pie lovers.
Roy F.
I like to make cookies.
deana c
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is blueberry pie. Nothing beats Crisco for the pie crust.
tabitha
I use it in my biscuit recipe!
Carolyn Daley
I like to use Crisco when baking homemade cookies including chocolate chip and snickerdoodles.
Stephanie Larison
I love to make biscuits with it, they always turn out great!
Uwa
Bake cookies and pie
Peggy Rydzewski
Homemade buttermilk biscuits are one of my favorite things to bake.
Laurie Emerson
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is fried chicken.
Tina Reynolds
I use crisco to make my pies
kyl neusch
make cornbread
Laura J
Oh that looks so good! I have not used the sticks before, I will have to try those! I am all for less mess! 🙂 I would also love to substitute the pecans for the almonds. I love pecans!
liz l
Cuban Crackers- moms recipe
Breanne
I like the make sugar cookies.
Jennifer Reed
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is Banana Cream Pie.
Evelyn Goettner
My favorite thing to make is biscuits and pie crust.
Bridgett Wilbur
My favorite thing to make with Crisco is homemaid pie crust. It comes out so light and flakey
laurie murley
I love making cookies with Crisco, their deleicious
Dawn Monroe
I haven’t had peach pie in years. I love it, especially a crumble top but I always go for apple. Now I want some pie! Pecan is a favorite of mine too.
Michelle
I make chocolate chip cookies with Crisco.
Carrie Conrad
Fresh Apple Pie
Frank P
I like making cherry pie with Crisco.
kellyc442
I have stopped doing cakes very few cookies at holidays and brownies now and again. Since we live in the Blue Ridge mountains and start with rhubarb, plums, then peaches, apples and all the berries- pie it must be. I make crusts out of part Crisco and part butter-occasionally some lard. I know it is not good, but makes the Best crust. My compliments to the baker!
Francine Anchondo
chocolate chip cookies.
Michele Baron
I love making pie crust with Crisco
Jennifer Herman
My favorite thing to cook is biscuits.
Jill Rivera
I make breakfast biscuits with crisco.
Michelle Tucker
When making my pie crusts I usually use crisco. They come out so flaky. I wouldn’t use any other recipe. 🙂
Kim Parrott
Biscuits for breakfast and pie crust – and this pie just look awesome! I can’t wait for fresh peaches this year
Samantha
I like to make homemade pie crusts with Crisco!
Beverly Metcalf
My favorite thing to make with Crisco is pie crust. Your pie looks delicious. Thanks for having this contest.
Sand
I use crisco in my grandmas buttermilk biscuit recipe.
Charlene Kuser
My favorite thing to cook with Crisco is fried chicken.
james jenkins
My favorite: That’s easy as pie!
Sandra Watts
I like baking with Crisco and I grew up with it so it is something I have been using for a long time.
Sandra Watts
I like Crisco because it makes your pie crust so nice and flaky.
christine j
I love easy to make desserts! This uses very few ingredients, cant wait to try this out. yum
Rust
I love crumble toppings and this pie sounds so easy. Yum!
Robin Weatherington
It may not be very patriotic, but I prefer peach pie over apple.
joe gersch
crisco always makes a pie yummy
Michelle Tucker
This pie looks so good. Crisco makes likes so fluffy and yummy. Thanks so much for the recipe. Will be getting peaches from the farmers markets soon!
Bobbie Smith
Oh my gosh, this recipe sounds amazing. I’m a big peach fan so anything to do with peaches, is right up my alley. I even wish that I could by Peach juice somewhere. I’m so bad to open up a can of peaches, and then suck down all the juice.
Amanda Sakovitz
This looks amazingly delicious! I love all the different layers in the pie.
Melinda Stephens
I’ve never heard of putting tapioca in pie before. This looks like a really good recipe, so I’ll have to try it.
Pam Flynn
I have always used Crisco to make my homemade flaky pie crusts! The layering in this peach pie really looks temptingly delicious.
laurie murley
this sounds like a great recipe, I would love to try it
Richard Hicks
I have not had peach pie in so long. Will put this recipe on my to do list. Love the clear instructions and pics
Shakeia Rieux
This peach pie looks delicious!I can’t wait to try it!
Sherry Conrad
I always use crisco like my grandma did – it works every time. The pie looks wonderful.
Suzanne Williams
This peach pie sounds delicious and looks easy. The only thing I would add is some vanilla ice cream!!
Jennifer-admin
Oooh that would be yummy!
tiffany dayton
I use Crisco oil. The pie sounds good.