Homemade Pie Crust Recipe

Add this homemade pie crust recipe to your recipe box. You only need 4 ingredients and minimal prep. Best started the day before, but easily made same day!

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Keyword crust, dough, holiday, pie, pie crust, pie recipe, Thanksgiving

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 12

Total Time 22

Servings crust

Calories 219kcal

Author Jesseca

Equipment

Ingredients

1¼ cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold butter
1/4 cup to 1/3 cup ice water

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium sized bowl.
Add the cold butter to the mixture. Cut with a pastry cutter until the butter resembles fine crumbles.
Add the water, one tablespoon at a time. Gently mix with a fork until the dough just starts to come together. It should look crumbly but not dry.
Gently form the dough into a ball, trying to to handle too much. Wrap tightly in plastic and refrigerate 4 hours or up to overnight.
Roll the dough 1/8 inch thick and 1 inch wider than your pie plate.
Transfer to the pie plate, trim the edges, and crimp with the back of a fork - or use any other design you desire.
Blind bake or add your pie filling and bake as directed in the pie recipe.

Notes

Why is my pie crust tough?

Tough dough usually occurs when the dough has been overworked. You should handle the dough as little as possible to help keep the butter cold.

Why is my pie crust crumbly?

Crumbly dough happens. Sometimes, after refrigerating, I find that I cannot roll my dough without it crumbling. This is an easy fix- Add a smidge more ICE water until your dough forms.

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