Toss A Shot Of Vodka In Your Pie Crust For Extra Flaky Results - Chowhound

So adding a little bit of vodka to your pie dough can keep it from turning tough. It's an amazingly and (almost impossibly) simple trick. So how does it work? Well, it starts (and ends) with gluten. A standard pie crust recipe calls for the addition of water in order to add moisture to your pie dough. Water also helps to develop the gluten in your dough, as the protein in your flour becomes moist when introduced…