Easy Pie Crust Recipe

Name: Easy Pie Crust Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 12 people (makes 2 single or 1 double crust)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar; 1/2 tsp sea salt; 1/2 lb cold unsalted butter; 7 Tbsp ice water

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Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings
12 people (makes 2 single or 1 double crust)
Calories
232 kcal
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
French, American

Easy Pie Crust Recipe

Colin Brown

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This homemade pie crust dough recipe yields a flaky tender crust with rich buttery flavor. This recipe uses only butter (NO SHORTENING) so it is all natural.

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Ingredients

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Ingredients for Butter Pie Crust Dough Recipe:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus more to dust, *measured correctly
1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 lb cold unsalted butter (2 sticks) diced into 1/4" pieces
7 Tbsp ice water (7 to 8 Tbsp)

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Instructions

Place flour, sugar and salt into the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine.
Add cold diced butter and pulse the mixture until coarse crumbs form with some pea-sized pieces then stop mixing. Mixture should remain dry and powdery.
Add 7 Tbsp ice water and pulse just until moist clumps or small balls form. Press a piece of dough between your finger tips and if the dough sticks together, you have added enough water. If not, add more water a teaspoon full at a time. Be careful not to add too much water or the dough will be sticky and difficult to roll out.
Transfer dough to a clean work surface, and gather dough together into a ball (it should not be smooth and DO NOT knead the dough). Divide dough in half and flatten to form 2 disks. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour before using in recipes that call for pie crust.

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Calories 232kcal (12%) Carbs 20g Protein 2g (4%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 9g (45%) Cholesterol 40mg (13%) Sodium 99mg (4%) Potassium 32mg (1%) Vitamin A 470IU (9%) Calcium 8mg (1%) Iron 1.2mg (7%)