Medium

Basic Flaky Pie Crust

Total Time
43 min
12m prep · 31m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

It is just what it claims to be. Use as unbaked pie shell.

Ingredients

  • 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
  • 0.25 teaspoons salt
  • 0.5 cups shortening , chilled
  • 3 tablespoons ice water

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.

  2. 2

    Gently gather dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling.

  3. 3

    Roll out dough, and put in a pie plate. Fill with desired filling and bake.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

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