Ideas for Pie Dough Scraps?
Does anybody do anything interesting with their leftover pie dough scraps? Sweet and savory suggestions are welcome.
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19 Comments:
Be careful what you do with those scraps - as it may commit you to that item forever!
I use RLB's Cheddar Pie Crust for apple pie all the time. I had scraps and decided to use my gingerbread man and woman molds to cut some shapes. I glazed with egg wash and sprinkled turbinado sugar on them and baked them off. I served them as part of my dessert spread for that year's T-Giving. My daughter fell in love with those cookies.
Now I have to make a batch of the pie dough just for the cookies!!
therealchiffonade at 10:28AM on 09/13/08
THAT IS LOOKING GOOD MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM !
cajun30 at 12:08PM on 09/13/08
for a savory treat, sprinkle with parmesan or other grated hard cheese and a little cayenne and bake them. and i love to sprinkle mine with cinnamon sugar.
cybercita at 12:25PM on 09/13/08
I say fry 'em up and then add cinnamon sugar or cybercita's cheese idea. Fried is always better!
BangieB at 1:18PM on 09/13/08
I re-roll the scraps into one crust, sprinkle with cinammon, sugar, nutmeg and roll like sticky buns. Then bake. A good project for kids. My mom called them Curly Q's.
Blue Iris at 1:40PM on 09/13/08
Will definitely try cookies . . . and all the other ideas so far. Also, combining cybercita's cheese/cayenne combo with Blue Iris's roll-up idea could make for an interesting hor d'oeurve.
Susquehanna at 2:18PM on 09/13/08
Wow, I'm thinking about making pie now. These look yummy.
buffy at 5:30PM on 09/13/08
My mom also made the rolled cinnamon/sugar cookies out of leftover pie crust...sometimes she'd roll each one around an apple slice (sort of in the shape of a crescent roll, but smaller) so it was similar to a one-bite apple pie.
chgoeditor at 6:19PM on 09/13/08
make tiny turn overs or mini pies
KarynMC at 7:43PM on 09/13/08
I've done the cookie thing too. Kids seem to love them. You could also just sprinkle the scraps with some sugar, bake them off, and use them to top a sort of deconstructed apple pie. Saute apples with a little lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon and serve in bowls topped with the baked scraps and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The nice thing about this is that your crust won't get soggy.
elizabethw at 10:52AM on 09/14/08
My Mom used to re-roll the scraps, tcut them into strips using her "crinkle-edged" cutter, then sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon before baking.
We would get to eat these fresh out of the oven, and called them Pie Dough Biscuits.
srhcb at 11:13AM on 09/14/08
My grandma used to knot them, fry them and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
We called them "cenci"...rags. They're just scrap cookies, but SO yummy :)
sweethunibabi at 12:09PM on 09/14/08
my mom used to roll them out spread a thin layer of margarine on them and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, then roll them up and bake with an egg wash, they were always fairly small and for some truly strange reason, she called them poops. when i was very little i asked why they were called that and she opened the oven door and there they were baking just below the pie, she said that was how you knew you needed to cut more steam ventsin the pie, because if you didnt have enough the pressure built up and the pie "pooped" I come from a long line of weird people :S
huneybumper at 4:47PM on 09/14/08
you can also put some jam of your choice in them and roll them up, kinda like a rugulah-ish cookie.
illeatyou at 5:18PM on 09/14/08
Try rolling it out and sprinkle with cinnamon& sugar put a marshmellow inside and seal. bake til brown
jomom at 7:40PM on 09/14/08
@huneybumper: Your pie poop story has me cracking up!
Susquehanna at 10:53AM on 09/15/08
My mom always made "krotzie" - similar to what everyone else is saying, she'd put a little butter of margarine on them, sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar, and bake them along with the pie. And you have to leave them in their funny shapes, no re-rolling, that's half the fun! Krotzie was always a huge treat, almost better than the pie itself!
embolini9 at 8:54AM on 09/17/08
My mom used to make mini empanadas out of them. Tthe savory ones would depend on her mood. The sweet one again on mood, my fav was when she made the sweet empanadas stuffed with Nutella.
pjracz10 at 4:54AM on 09/20/08
My bf wants me to add what his mom used to do with the leftover pie dough. She would roll leftover dough out and cut into long, thin strips. Then she would baste lightly w/ butter and sprinkle w/cinnamon and sugar and bake till crisp and serve them hot. It uses the leftovers and is a simple treat that kids find irrisistable. Try it!! Enjoy.
pjracz10 at 5:10AM on 09/20/08