Description
A basic recipe for a flaky pie crust made only with butter.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup ice water
Instructions
- Combine flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut in the cold butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized pieces of butter remaining.
- Gradually add ice water, one tablespoon at a time, mixing until the dough just comes together. Do not overmix.
- Divide the dough in half, form each half into a disk, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk to fit your pie plate.
- Place the dough in the pie plate and trim the edges.
- Chill the lined pie plate while you prepare the filling.
Notes
- Keep all ingredients very cold for the flakiest results.
- If the dough cracks when rolling, let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes before continuing.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Baking
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 of dough
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 230 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
Keywords: pie crust, all butter, pastry, flaky crust, homemade pie