Basic Pie Dough
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 2 disks dough
-
- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 2 servings
- Calories
- 1423
- Total Fat
- 96
- Saturated Fat
- 50
- Carbohydrates
- 124
- Dietary Fiber
- 4
- Sugar
- 5
- Protein
- 17
- Cholesterol
- 183
- Sodium
- 595
- Total: 1 hr 15 min
- Prep: 1 hr 15 min
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Directions
- Pulse the flour, shortening, sugar, vinegar and salt in a food processor until it looks like fine meal. Add the butter and pulse until it is in pea-size pieces. Sprinkle in 1/4 cup ice water and pulse until the dough begins to come together. Pinch the dough with your fingers; if it doesn't hold together, add up to 4 more tablespoons ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse again.
- Divide the dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pat each into a disk. Wrap tightly and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or preferably overnight, or freeze up to 2 months.