Cream cheese crust

A simple and fluffy cream cheese pastry that whips up in no time at all, perfect for tarts, pies or small hors d'oeuvres.

Make the simplest cream cheese pie crust! This easy recipe requires just 3 ingredients for a crust you can fill with a variety of fillings.

This Easy Cream Cheese Pie Crust Recipe is made with both cream cheese and butter, giving it a rich flavor and flaky texture! Perfect basic dough recipe for all pies!

The combo of cream cheese & butter creates a super forgiving crust that doesn't get easily over-worked and is much easier to roll out....

Mini Cherry Pie Tarts with Easy Cream Cheese Pie Crust are the perfect two bites of buttery crust and tart, tangy cherries!

Immerse yourself in the layers of our Cream Cheese Pie, a dessert that combines the charm of a golden and crumbly graham cracker crust with the luxurious silkiness of a cream cheese filling. With each bite you'll experience a medley of textures and flavors. The crust offering a crunch while the cream cheese filling delicately melts on your palate enhanced by the sweet allure of vanilla. Topped with a velvety sour cream topping that adds a contrast, to the layers below this pie is more than…

Easy is the name of the game here. We want pie, after all, not tears of frustration. Cream cheese is our secret weapon. It helps make a crust that holds together and stays tender no matter the amount of manhandling we put it through. The ingredients and proportions of a cream cheese crust are pretty standard. It’s equal parts cream cheese and unsalted butter, mixed with flour and bound together with a little vinegar and cold water. (You won’t taste the vinegar in the finished pie.

Tender and flaky crust with cream cheese

The main ingredient isn't just for bagels....

For a novice baker, this is the most forgiving dough to work with. The cream cheese allows this pastry some elasticity but still produces tender and flaky results. From the book "Mad Hungry," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).