Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A closeup of a slice of homemade apple pie - Sham Clicks/Shutterstock We all want our holiday pies to have the flakiest crust ...

We tested three common fats—butter, shortening, and lard—to see which would produce the crispiest, flakiest pie crust. If you're making a pie in advance, butter or lard is your best bet. Both fats ...

Lard was the canary in the coal mine of culinary correctness. Rendered pig fat was ubiquitous in human diets for centuries. It was used to fry everything from dough to chicken and was an essential ...

But you can still make a very flaky crust using all butter (or a mix of butter and lard/shortening) by not over-incorporating the butter into the flour -- cut it into the flour just until you see ...