Easy Pie Crust Recipe
This homemade pie crust recipe yields a flaky and tender crust with rich buttery flavor. This recipe uses only butter (no shortening) so it is all natural. This recipe makes 2 pie disks, and you can use this pie dough for just about any recipe that needs a pie crust.
Ingredients
- 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)
Instructions
- Place flour, sugar and salt into the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine. You can also use a pastry blender* to make the dough.
- 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 overmix as this can make the dough 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.
Notes
*To Make Pie Dough with a Pastry Cutter: Add the dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Add diced cold butter and lightly toss to coat, then use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour until the mixture looks coarse and crumbly, with pea-sized butter crumbles. Add the water, 1 Tbsp at a time, and stir with a firm spatula with each addition. Stop adding water when you see large clumps forming.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Pie Crust Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
232
% Daily Value*
Fat
15
g
23
%
Saturated Fat
9
g
56
%
Cholesterol
40
mg
13
%
Sodium
99
mg
4
%
Potassium
32
mg
1
%
Carbohydrates
20
g
7
%
Protein
2
g
4
%
Vitamin A
470
IU
9
%
Calcium
8
mg
1
%
Iron
1.2
mg
7
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
