Does making your own pie crust from scratch intimidate you? Do you just toss a premade crust in your shopping cart when you’re at the market and call it a day? Have you ever stopped and looked at the ingredients? Do you really want to feed your family ingredients that you can’t even pronounce? What if I told you that making a pie crust completely from scratch is one of the easiest things ever! Especially this recipe that uses only 4 ingredients. It uses a food processor that takes all the hard work out of making your own pie crust. Just think of how impressed everyone will be when you serve up a home made pie made completely from scratch. You’ll have bragging rights to that flakey, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth crust. Trust me, you can do this! Keep reading for the easy step-by-step instructions.
Start by placing flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse briefly to combine.
Using a sharp knife cut a chilled stick of butter into ½ inch pieces.
Place the butter cubes in the bowl of the food processor with the flour and salt. Try to scatter them around don’t just dump them in one big clump.
Pulse until the largest pieces of butter are about the size of small peas.
Drizzle water through the top with the motor running.
Pulse until the dough comes together into a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. This will take less than a minute in the food processor.
Remove the dough from the bowl of the food processor and shape it into a disc.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
Make Ahead Tip: Pie crust can be made in advance up to this point and refrigerated for up to two days.
Once dough has been chilled, lightly dust your work surface with flour. A mat like this one is helpful but not required.
Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a 12-13 inch circle.
Wrap crust loosely around the rolling pin and transfer it into the pie pan.
Gently work the dough into the corners of the pan and up the sides.
Use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to trim off excess dough.
Fold the edge of the dough under to form a rim crimping the edges of the dough together.
Refrigerate the pie crust for 1 hour then fill and bake according to the pie or quiche recipe you are using.
See I told you it was super easy to make your own pie crust. I can’t believe you doubted me! I love that the dough can be made in advance so all that’s left to do when you’re ready to bake is roll it out, place it in the pie pan, add your filling and bake it. Not only is this crust absolutely delicious but it’s so very versatile. You can use it for either savory fillings like quiche or for sweet fillings like pie. Try not to puff up too much when everyone finds out you made your own crust from scratch and they shower you with compliments. There’s no need to let them know how ridiculously easy it is to make. That can be our little secret.
All Butter Flaky Pie Crust
Equipment
- Food processor
- Rolling Pin
- 9 inch pie pan
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 stick salted butter, chilled
- ¼ cup ice water
Instructions
- Place flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse briefly to combine.
- Cut chilled stick of butter into ½ inch pieces and place them in the bowl of the food processor with the flour and salt.
- Pulse until the largest pieces of butter are about the size of peas.
- Drizzle water on top and pulse until the dough comes together into a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Remove the dough and shape into a disc.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Lightly dust your work surface with flour and roll out dough with a rolling pin into a 12 inch circle.
- Wrap crust onto rolling pin and transfer it into the pie pan and gently work the dough into the corners of the pan and up the sides.
- Use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to trim off excess dough and fold the edge of the dough under to form a rim. Crimp edges of the dough together.
- Refrigerate the pie crust for 1 hour then fill and bake according to the pie or quiche recipe you are using.
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