Bake or Break Recipes

Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from The Pie and Pastry Bible.

Sweet Cookie Crust (Pâte Sucrée)

8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
1/4 cup superfine sugar
1 & 1/2 scant cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 large egg yolk
2 tablespoons heavy cream

Place butter and sugar in a food processor. Pulse about 15 [...]

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Read and see more about this pie and the leafy crust at Bake or Break. Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook.

1 recipe pie crust
3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus more more dusting
1 large egg yolk
1 Tablespoon heavy cream
3 pounds assorted apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch slices (Martha suggests Macoun, Granny Smith, Cortland, Jonagold, [...]

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2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup stone ground cornmeal
3 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp kosher salt
2 ounces (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
6 ounces (1 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, diced and chilled
3 Tbsp apple juice concentrate
2 Tbsp cold water

Thoroughly mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt in a medium [...]

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3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup light corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 generous cup pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter, melted
pie crust, homemade or otherwise

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients, adding pecans last. Pour into pie crust. Bake for 45 minutes or until done.

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Recipe adapted from Best of the Best from Mississippi. See the Bake or Break description or pictures.

3 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
pastry for 2 9-inch pie crusts

Cut out pie crust to fit in mini muffin pans. [...]

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Recipe from Kraft.  Read about it at Bake or Break.

Crust

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add flour, and mix well. Spread onto bottom and about an inch up the sides of a 9″ springform [...]

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