A few years ago, I came across something that changed my baking life forever. I used to make pie crust from scratch. It took several hours, involved numerous steps and refrigeration overnight. I used to dread making pie crust. It took so much time and effort just for the crust part of the pie, which isn’t even my favorite part. This post contains affiliate links.
Every Thanksgiving, I would begrudgingly follow the pie crust recipe in anticipation of our large family meal. However, all of that changed when I came across Betty Crocker Pie Crust Mix. While I was buying ingredients for my Thanksgiving meal, I saw the boxed pie crust mix on the end of an aisle.
On a whim, I purchased it and decided to take advantage of this shortcut during my preparations for Thanksgiving dinner. The first time I used it, I was worried about the outcome. I had a group of very outspoken relatives coming over for Thanksgiving dinner. At the head of this group, was one relative who thinks using anything prepackaged or out of a box is a crime.
When I served dessert, I waited on pins and needles as she tried the pie. When she told me her opinion, I almost dropped my fork. She said that my homemade pie crust is consistently good every year and this was no exception. Here, all these years, I had worked for hours making the crust from scratch when I could have been using the prepackaged mix!
Needless to say, I haven’t looked back since. I just make sure the Betty Crocker Pie Crust Mix box has done a disappearing act before my guests arrive. Betty and I make a great team during the holiday baking season and I’m sure she doesn’t mind it when I take all the credit.
You can even purchase boxes of this pie crust on Amazon!
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