Pie Dough
This is the perfect pastry dough recipe for any pie or galette. It’s buttery, flaky and will melt in your mouth! This simple recipe has been passed down through generations. Double the recipe for deep dish pies or to cover the entire top of the pie. Click here for recipes to use with this pastry.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 1 pie crust 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French/British
Ingredients
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup Crisco, cold (shortening)
- 1/4 cup cold water
Instructions
- In a food processor add flour and salt, blend until incorporated.
- Add cold butter cubes and pulse until butter resembles crumbs.
- Add chunks of the Crisco/shortening and pulse until the mixture resembles little crumbs (don’t overdo it).
- Slowly add your cold water and pulse until the dough forms into a ball, or gently shape into a ball by hand (you may not need all the water, once the dough starts to come together stop adding water, you don’t want the dough to be wet).
- Flatten dough into a disc, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes or overnight until ready to use.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: divided in 12
- Calories: 221
- Sugar: 0.1g
- Sodium: 105mg
- Fat: 16.4g
- Saturated Fat: 8.3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 15.9g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Protein: 2.2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
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