Pie crust is notoriously tedious to make. Icy hands, sifted flour, butter or shortening… the variables and difficulties just go on and on.
That’s why cinnamon roll pie crust is the crust of the future (though its internet presence dates back to 2014).
Cinnamon roll pie crust is store-bought pie crust rolled out, layered with cinnamon sugar and then rolled back into a cylinder. Slice the cinnamon spirals into discs, flatten them into a pie crust and make the prettiest pie crust you ever did see.
This crust hack hits the trifecta of viral foods: it’s dessert, it’s photogenic and it’s a hybrid.
Nectarines and blueberries be damned. The star of this late-summer pie season may just be the crust.
Just had a pie crust cinnamon roll. Traveled through time and space, no big deal.
Amy Boyd (@amysboyd) July 19, 2016
