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Homemade pie crust is SO easy to make! They taste much better than store-bought pie crust, and the ingredients are simple--no weird food additives!

Perfect Pie Crust

Homemade pie crust is frugal and melt-in-your-mouth delicious! Here’s how to make a perfect pie crust from scratch.

Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 pie crust

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup unbleached flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 Tbsp butter (1/4 lb)
  • 3-4 Tbsp ice cold water

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Cut the butter into small chunks and work into the flour with a fork or pastry cutter until the mixture resembles pea-sized crumbs.
  2. Sprinkle in the water 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing lightly with a fork after each tablespoon. When the emerging dough begins to hold together and clean the sides of the bowl, gather it together in a ball. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour, or until you're ready to roll it out.

  3. Lightly dust a flat surface (such as a pastry mat) with flour. Place the ball of dough in the center and roll out in a circle. For most pies, you want the circle to be about 12 inches across. (Thirteen across for a deep-dish pie.)

  4. Transfer the dough to the pie plate. To do this, fold the circle in half twice, so that you have a fan shape. Place the tip of the fan in the center of your pie plate, then unfold the circle. If any dough overlaps the pie plate, crimp it down with your fingers or trim it off to patch up thin parts elsewhere in the crust.