Leftover Pie Dough - Tip of the Day

by Sarah LeTrent, Posted Nov 27th 2009 @ 9:00AM

Even though the crust of your pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving turned out flaky and buttery, consider everyone "pie"-ed out. Try these non-pie ways to use up leftover disk of dough.

Photo: talkoftomatoes, Flickr

For bite-sized treats, roll out the pie dough, spread with butter and sprinkle it with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Then, cut out disks or designs of dough using a cookie cutter or knife and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes until golden-brown.

If taking the savory route, you can do the same thing as above but substitute the cinnamon-sugar with a grated nutty cheese like Parmigiano-Reggiano or Gruyère.

Or for a Latin-inspired twist, take your usual empanada filling and put in in the leftover dough before crimping and baking.

Got other leftover pie crust ideas? Leave them in the comments!

Filed Under: Tip of the Day, Holidays
Tags: crust recipes, dessert, fall, leftover pie crust, pie crust, thanksgiving

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11-28-2009 @6:29AM Seth said... My mother was taugh this by her father and I presume its been passed down from generations prior. We called it "Petiesez" (SP? - pronounced "pet-i-says") the only difference is we would take a doughknife or something similar; cut into strips (about 1/2inch w * 5inches L) and then roll them. I used to prefer to eat these instead of the pie!
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