Easy Homemade Pie Dough
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Easy Homemade Pie Dough
Description
Easy Homemade Pie Dough starts with sifting together flour, salt, and sugar to create a light, even base. Cold butter is cut into the flour using a pastry blender or fingers until pea-sized bits remain, a key step for achieving a flaky structure. Water is added gradually to bring the dough together without overworking it.
After forming a round ball, the dough is wrapped and refrigerated for at least 30 minutes to relax the gluten and firm the butter chunks. This resting period helps prevent shrinkage and ensures a tender, crisp crust when baked.
This dough can be used for various pie fillings, baked blind before adding moist fillings, or rolled out fresh. Pre-baking instructions vary depending on the filling type, with shorter times for fruit pies and longer times for fully baked crusts.
Once made, the dough remains good refrigerated for three days or frozen for up to three months, offering convenient make-ahead options for pie preparations.
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- pinch salt
- pinch sugar
- ¾ cup butter cold and cut into cubes
- 4-5 tablespoons water (cold)
**I use salted butter, but if you use unsalted then increase the salt and sugar to 1/2 teaspoon.
Instructions
- Sift flour, salt and sugar into a large bowl, add butter and cut into the flour (using a pastry blender or even your clean fingers) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs (the size of peas).
- Sprinkle with the water (one tablespoon at a time) just until dough starts to come together. Then move to a lightly floured flat surface and knead lightly into a round ball.
- Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before using.
Notes
- Prick the dough with a fork before blind baking to prevent bubbling.
- Use parchment and pie weights or dried beans for even pre-baking.
- Adjust baking time depending on whether the filling requires baking or is no-bake.
- Store wrapped dough in the refrigerator up to three days or freeze up to three months for later use.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2pie crust
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1122 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 1122kcal | 56% |
| Carbohydrates | 107g | 36% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 70g | 108% |
| Saturated Fat | 43g | 215% |
| Cholesterol | 183mg | 61% |
| Sodium | 612mg | 26% |
| Potassium | 170mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 2125IU | 43% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 6.5mg | 36% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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