Homemade Pie Crust
You can't have a complete collection of recipes without a trusty pie crust recipe! It is a must have kitchen essential.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- Dash of sugar
- ½ pound unsalted butter, cold ((or 2 sticks))
- ½ cup ice water
Instructions
- 1
Combine dry ingredients. Mix together flour, salt, and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- 2
Add cold butter. Grate cold butter into the flour with a coarse grater. Rub flour and butter together to bind.
- 3
Add ice water. Add a little less the ½ cup of ice water. Mix the dough with a spatula or your hand. Add ice water, a couple of tablespoons at a time if dough still seem too dry. Dough is ready when large clumps form.Pat the dough together to form a ball and divid it into two portions. Flatten both portions into an inch thick discs.***Remember to avoid overmixing to keep crust tender.
- 4
Chill the dough. Tightly wrap the dough with plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour or up to 4 days.
- 5
Roll out dough. On a floured surface, roll out a disc of dough to 1/4 inch thick. Make sure to lift up the dough after every few rolls to prevent sticking. Sprinkle more flour underneath if need.***Repeat this step to make another crust bottom or add a top crust to creation!
- 6
Mold into baking pan. Drape the dough over the rolling pin and roll it onto itself like a scroll so that you can easily transfer the dough safely onto the baking pan. Gently mold the dough to your baking pan and cut off excess. Using the prongs of a fork, dock the crust to allow steam to escape and to prevent uneven baking.
- 7
Use it for any recipe in need of an awesome pie crust!