Leftover pie crust

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I had a double crust and ended up making only one quiche. I know I can freeze it, but was wondering what other non-pie items I could make.
Suggestions?

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My mom used to spread butter and cinnamon on scraps, then roll them up and slice them into 1/2" pieces, then bake. Quick, tasty snack.

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Roll into little balls and put in soup for easy dumplings.

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It’d be a waste for a whole pie crust, by my mom used to make mini-turnovers with left ovee pie dough. Cut into a right triangle, spread jelly, fold point to point, and throw in the oven with the pie for a couple minutes.

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Roll it thin and cut into 2" squares. Place a tablespoon of any savory filling you enjoy (any combination of ground meat, vegetables, cheese, spices) in the center of each, fold into a triangle, seal the edges, bring the bottom corners together and stick them together. Bake, steam, fry or use as dumplings in a soup, as the estimable Annie-Xmas suggests.

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You aren’t by any chance my sister, are you? Cause my mom did that same thing.

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Then, she’s my sister too.

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You’re all apparently my cousins, too.
-Lil

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I hate to sound dumb, but would I cook the meat filling first or not?
And those cinnamon-sugar wheels sound yummy! Now I wish I had 2 leftover crusts!

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I think yinz are my long-lost relatives.

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Cousins! I opened the thread figuring I could share my mom’s cinnamon-sugar pinwheels.

The last time I had a bit of leftover pie crust it was lunchtime, so I put in some pasta sauce, cheese, mushrooms and onions and folded it over made a sort of stromboli. Cut some vents and bake until golden brown and it’s good eats.

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It depends. By the time the dough is cooked, the tablespoon of filling almost certainly will be also, but it hurts nothing to cook it separately. One thing pre-cooking the filling will do for you, depending on what’s in it, is remove some moisture, making it less likely that your filled dumpling will explode from internal steam.

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Mine too, but we called 'em Cinnamon Curls.

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We (my siblings) called them “pie cookies”, and my mom would always have extra crust in order to make them :slight_smile: She cut it into triangles, sprinkled with cinnamon & sugar, and then rolled them up.

Brian