"A widely available grocery chain favored as a convenient shortcut for pre-made pie dough; Mendoza’s mother turned to this option to avoid the laborious process of making dough from scratch. Mendoza endorses using store-bought crusts for home entertaining when they’re dressed up—rolling the dough in sugar, applying an egg wash and extra sugar, adding a layer of almond cream and ripe fruit, finishing with citrus zest or streusel—so desserts feel homemade while keeping the process low-stress." - Morgan Goldberg