Pie Crust Cookies Recipe - Leftover Pie Dough Cookies (2024)

FAQs

What can I do with leftover pastry dough? ›

Just unroll the dough, press it into a pie pan, add your favorite fillings and bake. Pillsbury makes flaky, homestyle pie crust as easy as...well, pie. Each package contains two ready made pie crusts with the homemade Pillsbury goodness you've come to know and love.

“Well-wrapped, pie dough can be stored in the fridge for two to three days, or in the freezer for up to three months,” says David. “After day three in the fridge, you can expect your dough to oxidize, turning a grayish color.” This is completely normal, but can be postponed by adding a bit of vinegar to your recipe.

Saving bread dough to make the next batch is one of the historical means of obtaining yeast and perpetuating it. It's called the old dough method, and it works well.

Pie dough is a great keeper in the freezer. As long as it's tightly wrapped in heavy-duty aluminum foil or freezer-weight plastic wrap and sealed in a freezer bag, it should keep for up to 6 months.

How Is This Different From Pie Crust and Yeasted Pastry Dough? Pie crust, while buttery and flaky, is not nearly as light, doughy, and crisp as this shortcut puff pastry. Yeasted pastry dough, such as something we can use for croissants, croissant bread, or a pastry braid, contain yeast.

If you are pre-baking a store-bought frozen packaged crust, I recommend following the directions on the package for how to pre-bake that particular crust. Most instructions will have you defrost the crust, prick the bottom of the crust all over with the tines of a fork, and bake at 375°F to 450°F for 10 to 12 minutes.

Does pie crust dough go bad? ›

Refrigerator Storage

Pre-made pie crust dough typically lasts up to two weeks in the refrigerator when sealed in an airtight container or wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.

How long can you keep dough after it rises? Once the dough rises, it can be kept in the fridge for about 4-5 days or longer if frozen.

In pie crust, you don't want gluten to form so you don't want to mix too much and overwork the dough. For a flaky crust, cut the butter so that chunks of butter about the size of walnut halves remain.

It's tempting when baking to combine the ingredients completely, but the texture should resemble a coarse meal before adding your liquid. If you mix more than that, the gluten in the flour will begin to develop, ultimately leading to a tough crust.

You can keep your pie dough in the fridge for up to 3 days. Be sure to allow the pastry to come to room temperature before rolling out for pie. Not ready to use your pie crust in the upcoming days? Place it in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months.

Donate to food banks or charities: Many bakeries donate their leftover baked goods to local food banks or charities that serve the hungry and homeless. Discount or sell at reduced prices: Some bakeries sell their leftover baked goods at a reduced price or offer discounts to customers at the end of the day.

When you want to roll out the dough let it sit out of the fridge for about 30 minutes to warm up slightly, fridge-cold dough tends to crack easily when you start rolling it out. The dough can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Wrap the disc in clingfilm then seal in a large plastic freezer bag before freezing.

To re- roll puff pastry once you have cut something out from the main piece, layer up all the trimmings, folding to achieve approximately an even stack. Press stack lightly together with fingers. Then roll out as before.