Is your pie soggy? Is your crust not, well, crusty? Wanna try something neato that will make your pie flakey and lovely? Just add vodka.
Make your favorite dough recipe and substitue all the water for vodka. The alcohol makes the dough more pliable and easier to work with. When you bake it, the alcohol evaporates and you are left with a flakey, crusty crust. The only downside is that water is pretty much free and adding vodka to your dough jumps the price by a zillion dollars.
This tip comes curtesy of lifehacker.