Pie Crust Recipe

A great pie starts with a tender, flaky, melt in your mouth, homemade pie crust. As with many baked goods, producing good dough can be tricky. When you start with fresh ingredients and proper instruction, the task becomes much easier. With practice you get a feel for the ingredients, the mixing and rolling, and the baking process. An ordinary pie can become extraordinary when the crust is perfect.

The right ingredients and careful preparation will yield the best results with any recipe, but it is especially true when making pie crusts. Using fresh ingredients makes a big difference in producing high quality baked goods. With flour based pie crusts, the best results are achieved when all the ingredients are ice cold before starting to combine them, including the dry ingredients. After creating the dough, it is often a good idea to chill the dough before rolling it out to allow the dough to relax, and to firm the dough for easier shaping. Some pie dough will benefit from blind baking, or baking the dough for a short period of time to crisp it slightly before adding a liquid filling.

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Basic Pie Crust
Ingredients -
1-1/4 Cup Flour
3/4 Cup Cold Butter
3/4 Teaspoon Salt
Ice Water
Preparation:

1. Add flour to a medium bowl.

2. Cut butter pieces about 1/2-tablespoon big and add to flour along with salt.

3. Using a pastry cutter, two knives, or your fingers, blend together until the dough resembles pea-sized crumbs.

4. Add ice water a tablespoon at a time mixing with a fork just until the dough starts to come together.

5. Using your hands, knead dough in the bowl two or three times until it comes together in a ball.

6. Turn out onto a floured cutting board and knead another two to three times.

7. Flatten into a disk.

8. Wrap in plastic wrap and put in the freezer for 15 minutes to use immediately according to pie recipe.

9. Or refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and use any time within a week.

10. Crust can also be frozen for up to a month and defrosted in the refrigerator overnight for later use.

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