My grandma's famous pie crust recipe failed me at a big family picnic

I was at my cousin's place in Columbus last summer, trying to make my grandma's apple pie for about 20 people. The recipe says to use exactly 1 cup of ice water, but the dough just turned into a sticky mess. I realized she must have used a different kind of flour back in the day. I had to add almost another full cup of flour to get it right, which made me late for the picnic. Everyone still liked the pie, but it was not the same flaky crust I remember. Has anyone else had to change an old recipe because the ingredients are different now?

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carr.jennifer12d ago

My aunt's biscuit recipe from the 70s is like that. She wrote "shortening" but the stuff in the blue can today is totally different. I have to use half butter and half of the modern shortening or they're just greasy rocks. It's frustrating because you feel like you're messing up a memory.

schmidt.reese11d ago

Right? @carr.jennifer is onto something, it's like our grandmas were baking with magic pixie dust and we're stuck with the regular grocery store stuff.