Perfectly Flaky Pie Crust

Aida Mollenkamp

Recipe courtesy Aida Mollenkamp

Show: Ask AidaEpisode: Easy as Pie

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Total Time:
35 min
Prep
5 min
Inactive
30 min
Yield:
about 1 pound dough (enough for 1 (9 to 10-inch pie dish))
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, small dice
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 7 to 8 tablespoons ice water

Directions

In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, and sugar until well combined. Using clean hands, add butter and toss until just coated. Rub butter between thumb and forefingers to incorporate into flour mixture until butter is in lima bean-sized pieces and comes together in quarter-sized clumps when squeezed in palm, about 2 minutes. Add shortening, toss until just coated in flour, then rub into flour mixture until mixture forms pea-size pieces (some big chunks should remain) and comes together in fist-sized clumps when squeezed, about 1 minute. Drizzle in half ice water and rake through mixture with fingers until just moistened. Drizzle in remaining water 1 tablespoon at a time and comb through mixture with fingers to moisten. It will go from being a shaggy mess to coming together. Dough is moist enough when it is moistened through but is not wet when pressed. (Do not overwork the dough or it will become tough.)

While rotating the bowl with 1 hand, push dough between other palm and side of bowl to gather into a ball. Turn dough onto a piece of plastic wrap, press it into a flat disk, then close in wrap. Place in coldest part of refrigerator (usually back bottom shelf) at least 30 minutes before rolling out and forming into a crust.

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  • on February 20, 2012

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    Good crust.I did need more the 8Tbl of water it was alway crumbly,I put maybe up to 10 tbl of water total and it rolled out much better.

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  • on January 03, 2012

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    I like this recipe.
    so easy to do..

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  • on December 28, 2011

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    About as good as a pie crust can get, I'd say. I doubled the recipe to do a lattice cherry pie. It was a bit much, but no prob--it's good enough I sprinkled some cinnamon sugar on cookie-sized leftovers and popped them in at 425 for 12 min, and they were a great snack.

    I also subbed lard for the shortening to avoid the partially hydrogenated oils in the shortening.

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