Turns out I was overworking pie dough for 15 years

My mom always made pie crust by hand and it came out flaky and perfect. I'd watch her and try to copy it but mine always came out tough. Last Thanksgiving my aunt finally watched me make it and said 'you're kneading it like bread, stop.' I literally had no idea you were supposed to handle it as little as possible. She showed me to stop mixing the second the dough comes together. Made a batch that night and it actually looked like hers. Anyone else have a basic cooking thing nobody ever told you?

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barbaraschmidt1mo ago

Overworking dough is basically the #1 mistake. I did the same thing for years till my grandma called me out.