A flaky and tender pie crust recipe that uses both Crisco and Butter from The Pioneer Woman and a signed cookbook giveaway!
I’d like to tell you a little story about two bloggers. Two bloggers who sat down at their respective computers 7 years ago and started their blogs. Two bloggers who love their dogs very much and both happen to have four kids.
One blogger lives in the country. She has a little ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and likes to take pictures of her horses and cows. Over the past 7 years she has worked so hard and has built an entire empire out of her little blog. She has written something like 300 books (ok slight exaggeration), has her own awesome tv show on The Food Network, has an enormous fan base, and pretty much has become the Oprah of the blogging world. She somehow manages to be a great mom to 4 kids, work on the ranch, homeschool her children and keep up with 5 different and very entertaining sections of her blog. Many of you know and love her as The Pioneer Woman.
The other blogger would be me. And, well. Hmmmm. Let’s move on.
Truly though, if Ree wasn’t so nice it would be pretty easy to dislike her. Good thing she’s about as nice and real as they come. And she has more talent in her pinkie toe than most people have in their entire body. Talented nice people are the best kind.
So, you may have heard that Ree has a new cookbook out? Her newest book The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays is a book you will totally want in your cookbook collection! Broken out by holiday, this cookbook is as much a resource as it is an entertaining book to read and look through and enjoy.
In true Pioneer Woman fashion, each recipe (140 in all!) features step by step photo instructions. Beginner cooks and experienced cooks alike will appreciate all the detail and thought that has gone into Ree’s newest book!
As much as I love how solid all of the recipes are in this book, my favorite part may just be…
…all the wonderful photos and stories scattered throughout of life on the ranch, Ree’s family and of course, her dogs!
Ree has kindly offered to give away THREE signed copies of her newest cookbook to 3 lucky Dine & Dish readers! How sweet is that? To enter the giveaway, see below the recipe of Ree’s Perfect Pie Crust to enter. If you know someone who LOVES The Pioneer Woman, think of how cool it would be to show up with a signed copy as a gift for them this holiday season!
And heck, if you want to go ahead and buy the book, you can do so on Amazon today!
First, the recipe… as you know, I’m pie crust challenged. I followed the instructions in Ree’s book exactly and came out with the most flaky, tender, easy to work with pie crust, ever! Wait until I share the gorgeous pie I made in this baked shell… I’ll share it next week! Enjoy the recipe and good luck on the giveaway!
The Pioneer Woman Perfect Pie Crust Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup vegetable shortening cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup butter cut into small pieces
- 1 egg
- 1 Tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 5 Tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Combine the flour, salt, shortening and butter in a large bowl.
- Using a pastry cutter, gradually work it all together until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Beat the egg with a fork and add it to the mixture along with the vinegar.
- Add the cold water.
- Stir it all together until it comes together, adding another tablespoon or two of water if it needs the moisture.
- Form the mixture into 2 balls and wrap them in individual plastic bags. Seal them and place them in the freezer. Remove them from the freezer 30 minutes before you are ready to use them.
Disclosure: I received a signed copy of this cookbook to preform my review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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Oh, don’t be so humble. 🙂 Your blog is amazing! YOU are amazing! 🙂
And you are amazing too! Thanks for being so sweet 🙂
Ree’s life and experiences are what makes her blog so interesting, just as your life and experiences make your blog interesting! You, too, are an incredible, wife, mother & friend.
Thanks Terri 🙂
Agree with all of the above comments, Kristen! Your blog is amazing! So glad to have found it months ago! Nicole and I are so thankful for your support & encouragement! You’re amazing… an inspiration to so many! xoxo
Your awesome also, and have a wonderful blog. In all honesty I read yours more then Pioneer Womans 🙂 and I’m not just saying that because we are practically neighbors and still need to go to the awesome park sometime!
The Oprah of the foodblogging world, indeed – in the same way that I don’t feel like I could hang out with Oprah (not that I’d be trying to) if I found myself in her neck of the woods. So that’s one place where you’ve got her beat.
You just made my day 😉 Thanks Camille 🙂
I love all of her recipes. Every one I have tried has come out perfectly. I have added lots to our family favorites! I would really love having her book with her signature on it!
I love her chicken spaghetti! Its a go-to recipe at my house!
Your blog is amazing! =)
Thanks for the chance to win this great cookbook!
I agree with the first comment, YOU are awesome and so is your blog. Remember that ! 😉
xo!
Very sweet blog post, Kristen. I still remember when you told me that you were friends with Ree. I was kind of awe-struck. Then, I realized that I am friends with YOU, and that made me a little awe-struck, too. 🙂
Love, love, love!!!!
Just found your blog and I’m lovin’ it. I’ll be back ! ! !
Im a huge pioneer woman fan, but I cannot wait to explore your site!
Ree is right! Your FB page is amazing. I’m so making the Chipotle Burritos!!!!
Love the Pioneer Woman because she is very real. And her sense of humor cracks me up!
I love your cooking show on The Food Network and can’t wait to check out the blog and the cookbook!
I can’t wait to get this cookbook! Love. Love,Love your cookbooks!
My boys love everything I’ve ever made from her cookbooks and blog. I’m so excited to have them try some of yours. So happy I found your blog.
My boys love anything and everything I make from Pioneer Woman. To the point that they ask for her food. I’m so excited to try some of your recipes. I love cooking blogs and your is great and you are an amazing writer.
Hw fun is this!! Such a great blog and now a chance to receive Miss Ree’s book. With the holi. days upon us, we cn all use some inspiration to bring some new recipes in to mix with tradition.
The cookbook would make a wonderful Christmas Gift.
Can never get enough new exciting recipes to share!
We Love her cinnamon rolls!
Great giveaway. Thanks for a chance to win.
This would be awesome to win!!!
I’d love this book for myself but would be a great gift for my mama for Christmas! Thank you!
Would love to win! I love cookbooks 🙂
Love her food … Can’t wait to get her book for Christmas , yes that’s one if the gifts I asked Santa For
I’m a southern girl and love southern cooking!
I have her first cookbook. Would love to add this to my collection!
My kids and I love watching the show and have made some of your recipes and my four year old loves the pizza burgers!!!
I need this book!!!! I love the pioneer woman!
My mother and I love The Pioneer Woman and her recipes. We faithfully watch her show every Saturday morning!
I love Ree Drummond’s recipes!! I’m glad she pointed me in the direction of your website! Always looking for new ideas!
I love following the Pioneer Woman I would love to win a copy of her new cookbook!
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LOVE!!!!
Love Ree and all her recipes, yumm!!
Love Ree and her down home cooking
I would love to win Ree’s cookbook. She is amazing!
Thankful for the two bloggers that started many years ago:)
I would love a SIGNED copy of Pioneer Woman;s new cookbook.
Not sure if this is what I should be doing, but Ihope I’m entering the contest! 🙂 I love Pioneer Woman and would LOVE to have her cookbook!
I adore Ree! I live in the middle of nowhere in West Michigan and like to think I am my own version of “The pioneer woman” ha!
I want to be just like Ree when I grow up!
i love watching the pioneer woman shows
My dear friend, Carley would love a signed copy! Pioneer woman is her kindred spirit. It must be the hair. She provides daily inspiration for her and would mean the world to her to receive a signed copy from her idol.
Being a major carb girl, it’s had to decide between the perfect potato soup and the bow tie chicken Alfredo. Both are sooooo Delish!!! 🙂
What a wonderful giveaway! I would love to have one of these wonderful cookbooks! Ree’s recipes are so delicious and everyone loves them! Perfect for a Christmas gift!! Good luck to all!
Love the Pioneer Woman, and so happy I was directed to your site! Also fabulous!!
Pick me, pick me! I just love Ree’s cookbooks, and definitely need this for my collection…would be awesome to have for my birthday on Monday! 😉
I just love the Pioneer Woman! Her recipes are easy and oh so tasty.
I LOVE her recipes. I also like to see how she uses the seasons and holidays as inspiration.
Would love one of these for my daughter. She loves your recipes.
I love to bake and would love to have this book.
I would love a copy of her cookbook!
Great photos..and now I just want Pie Crust for breakfast!! Thanks for the chance to win The Pioneer Woman’s latest book!! Good Luck Everyone! xo
I love cook books and this would be a great addition to my collection!
Ree reminds me of a good friend of mine who is also a great cook. We record the program, my husband and I watch them together and try almost all of the recipes.
It’s my bday on the 24 th! I’d love a signed copy! It’s been on my wish list!!
Really hoping this is how to enter the contest! I love PW! My best friend decided a couple of years back that she would teach herself to cook, and did so through the help of Ree’s blog! My personal favorite? Shrimp Penne a la Punka** Betsy! Yum! Again, hope this is what we’re supposed to do 😛
Would love to win this book!
I would be honored to win Ree ‘s amazing new cookbook!
I just love how this beautiful recipe book has step by step and pics. Makes cooking/bakin so much nicer.
I would loveeeeeee to win one of this books!!!
Krista
Love TPW and her recipes!!-
I love all Ree’s cookbooks and would really be excited to win this one!!
I would so, so, so LOVE to win one of her cookbooks! She is an amazing cook, mother, photographer, and blogger!!! 🙂
I love reading Pioneer Woman’s recipes, and I love watching her show! This would be my first cookbook of hers, if I win!
Would love to win this book, enjoy her show!
I would be so delighted to be a new owner of Dee’s cookbook. Awesome cooking by an awesome lady.
Love her show and her recipes!
Thanks for the giveaway! The cookbook is beautiful! You and Ree are great inspirations in the kitchen!
i would really like to win ree`s new cookbook ,so i could try my hand at cooking.
I love Ree and all of her recipes. I have them all! As a chef myself, with my own catering business, this book would get used often. Flour and butter stains on every page!
Love love love The Pioneer Woman. One of my favorite things of Saturday mornings. Would love to have this book!!
I would love to win one of these great cookbooks!
I LOVE that she puts a step by step with pictures in this book . Sometimes When following a recipe, I’m like….. is that supposed to look like that? With her book I don’t have to wonder 🙂 I would love a copy.
would love to try these recipes!!
Hope I win!!
This book is great. I love I have three of her cookbooks. I wrote food network after her first few shows after she wasn’t on for awhile asking why she was gone.
she was ton only one good show that didn’t center everything she cooked on fish thank god. they wrote me to let me know she would be back. Love he show and family.
sorry for some missed hit keys!
I need all the help I can get when it comes to cooking!
I would love to win this cookbook, I love all if Ree’s recipes!
I started watching your show on Food Network a long time ago and haven’t missed one episode!!! I love all your values and family time you share with all of us in tv land!
Thank you for all you do for us!
I would love to win one of your cookbooks to share with my children who loves to cook with me!
I love the holidays!! I would love to have the cookbook!! 🙂
Oh just in time for Christmas – I could wrap it up yo me from hubby and then I wouldn’t have to return any gifts!!
Winning a The Pioneer Woman’s A Year of Holidays cookbook would make our holidays very special because I could prepare some of her recipes for guests & family to enjoy!
I want to win one so much so my grandson and I have lots more recipes to explore, cook and most of all taste.
Have printed and will now try the pastry recipe…my mom has always made the best pastry form scratch…perhaps this will surprise her. I LOVE REE…would love to meet her someday. She’s an inspiration.
I can’t wait to try the Carmel apple pie!!!
Would love a copy of her book.
Just love your recipes.. Watch your shows and enjoy seeing the family.
Wanted to tell you that I purchased your book called Charlie for my grandson to read. Really did enjoy it and looking forward the other one coming out.
Thanks.
Love both of your sites, thank you for doing this!
I’d love to win especially since I purchased a book on Amazon.com and the supplier doesn’t know where the book is :/ I may need to get a refund, but worst, not having the book to use for Thanksgiving 🙁
Would love this cookbook, I watch Ree’s show every week!!!
Would be perfect for the holidays!
I just got introduced to Ree late last month and I have already started making her recipes! I would love this book!! Thanks!!
I would love to win one of these books. I watch Pioneer Woman all the time. Just love her and her recipes.
Pioneer Woman is becoming one of my favorite cooking shows! I love all of her cookbooks and would love this one too!
Thanks for the opportunity. Your blog is also great!
I have all of Ree’s books including her childrens books….I would love to win this cookbook!
Would love Ree’s cookbook!
I love REE!!!
Would love to have a book! My husband says I think I’m a Pioneer Woman because I love to try her recipes !
I am obsessed with Ree! Make her recipes all the time, would love to try the recipes in this book!
Please pick me…I would love to give this cookbook to my sweet daughter-in-law for Christmas…we both love Ree!!
Love Ree!!….and her recipes.
I would love to win a copy of Ree Drummonds’ new cookbook. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love Ree. I’ve read all her books but this one.
Love her books!!!
I would love to add Reed’s new cookbook to my collection!
I have my DVR to take all of her shows. I would love to have a copy of her book!
Thanks
Jana
I would love this for the holidays! Thanks for the giveaway.
Loved meeting Tee last year at her Children’s book signing. I would love a copy of her new cookbook!
Darn autocorrect! Ree!
Would love the pioneer woman’s new book!
I love her! Would love to have this!
I sure need this cookbook before Thanksgiving! Hosting for 27 people….oh my, how did that happen! Love my family, hopefully they all get something to eat! Ha
Oh I would love to get this cookbook. I love everything about your family photos. Your cookbook has inspired so much to get off my tush and and start making wonderful food in the kitchen.
I dearly love the Pioneer Woman….would love to have this to complete my cookbook set
The first blog I started to follow. Was the Pioneer Woman. Would love her cookbook!
I tried the pie crust recipe, amazing! Love me some pioneer woman on Saturday mornings on TV!
Loved the pie crust recipe and pioneer woman on Saturday mornings!
I love Ree’s recipes and it would be fabulous to win her new book! 🙂
So love Ree’s website and love yours. Thank you so much for this. Someday I hope to meet both of you.
I would be THRILLED to win one of these cookbooks!!
I would be THRILLED to win one of her new cookbooks!!
I would be THRILLED to win one of her new cookbooks!!!
Would love to win one of Ree’s books!
Would love to win one of these cookbooks!!!
Love your website, and would love to win Ree’s cookbook
This pie crust recipe is a helpful and this whole book looks like an amazing resource!
Can’t wait to try the pie crust using vinegar! That’s Awesome!
It makes me want to live in my kitchen – tortilla soup on a cold day!
I want this cookbook, please….and your boots!!! 🙂
Can’t wait to try the recipe. Would love to win a copy of Reed’s book for my daughter, she loves to cook!
Every time I make something from her 2nd cookbook I get tons of compliments:)
I love the pioneer woman. It would be so great to win her new book!
I’ve asked for Ree’s cookbook for Christmas. If I were to win I’d give one to my daughter.
I will try the pie crust. Thanks.
Love her recipes!
The pie crust recipe sounds wonderfully simple and uncomplicated. 🙂
Ohhh how I would love to win Ree’s cookbook. 🙂
Great blog site so excited to join you in your journey. I’ve been a Ree fan for many years and am looking forward to her visit to St. Louis next week!!!
Love Ree and her cooking. have other two books, need this one.
I must have this to add to my Ree collection 🙂
Love Ree so much, her recipes speak to me and my family. Would love a copy.
Wish Ree would come back to KC and talk about her new cookbook!
I am a qvc foodie and recommended The Pioneer woman appear on the Sunday in the kitchen show…..it finally happened and it was so nice to see that…….thank you Ree and Qvc I haven’t purchased this book yet still waiting with my fingers crossed……
I love your program and the amazing things you cook. I would love to win your cook book —–Nancy
I would love to have one from Re
I love the photo instructions within the book 🙂 so nice and helpful!
How long do these last in the freezer? Wanting to make this for Thanksgiving pies and want to try to make these over the weekend so I can be ahead of the game.
I’m so sorry for the delay. They can be frozen up to 3 months! You should be good!
I love her recipes, and by the way her show really inspires me.
Would love to add to my collection!
Love Love Love her receipes!!! Easy step by step following and they even make you laugh sometimes!
Luv the Pioneer woman as I have every one of her cooking episodes on my dvr and would luv to win one of her cookbooks. as it would be the best Christmas gift.
I LOVE the Pioneer Woman, I would love to add this cookbook to my collection!
I would be honored to win Ree’s new cookbook!!
Ree is fabulous and a total inspiration to moms everywhere!
I would love to put this cookbook to wonderful use in my home!!!’
THis city girl moved out to Montana to live on a ranch recently. Would love to have a Pioneer Woman cookbook to please these hungry cowboys!
Was so bummed that Ree came to LA when my daughter had a cheerleading performance 🙁 For months, I was planning to meet her and thank her for all the lovely recipes she has brought to our dinner table!