This pie crust recipe is the result of several years of tweaking. It was developed by compiling a few different pie crust recipes & hints from several sources, and a bit of experimenting. I have had wonderful results every time with this recipe. You could say this pie crust is a cross between American and French crusts, since it includes both shortening (for flakiness) and butter (for richness of flavor), that was a tip I got from America's Test Kitchen. This pie crust is great for both sweet and savory pies (I cut the sugar to 1 tbs, for Savory pies). Warning: If you start making this crust, you may never opt for the easy out of ready made pie crusts again. This is the pie crust recipe I use for all my pies.
Here are few to try the crust out on out on:
- Pineapple Pie Recipe
- Blueberry Hand Pies Recipe
- Fresh Strawberry Pie Recipe
- Caramel Apple Hand Pies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups of flour all-purpose
- ½ cup cold shortening I use the Crisco sticks, half a stick per crust
- ¾ cup cold butter I use salted butter, 1 ½ sticks
- ½ tbs. kosher salt
- 1 ½ tbs. sugar
- 6 tbs. of ice water add 1 or 2 more if necessary
Instructions
- Pulse the dry ingredients in a food processor, to mix.
- Add the cold shortening in pieces. Pulse a few times.
- Cut the butter in chunks and add to mixture. Pulse until the butter chunks are about the size of pencil eraser.
- Add the water a little bit at a time and lightly kneed into dough. (6 tbs. should be enough, only add more if crust is too crumbly to work into a ball)
- Split the dough in half, roll in balls and wrap in plastic wrap.
- Chill in the refrigerator at least 45 minutes.
- Roll out pie crust on floured surface.
Kelly W says
that looks yumo
Julie @ Angry Julie Monday says
Yum, that looks good!
lisa p says
yummy! I wish I could eat it right now
Jessica@ Riding with Jessica says
Oh, a pie crust recipe that I think I can use.
Thanks
Alyson says
Okay, pie crust is making me drool.....slurp!
Thanks for the tips!
Stefanie says
Ohhh that looks so yummy! Great now I'm hungry again! lol 🙂
Staci A says
Yum! It looks delish! I'll have to try it out!
Cat says
Let me just say I typically HATE pie crust, that frozen crap you buy but that looks absolutely amazing and I'm book marking this to try it!
Laura Rucker says
YUM! That is an AWESOME picture of that apple pie. God, I'm drooling!!! THanks for sharing.
Henrietta says
Oh YUM! This looks so delicious! I have to try this recipe and see if it beats my Aunt Edith's! lol. Your pic makes my mouth water 🙂
Stacie Haight Connerty says
Oh man this looks good. My mouth is watering!
Mandi says
Oh, this look so delicious! I'm going to be making cherry pie, so I will have to try this recipe!
Whiney Momma says
Oh, that looks soooo good. I am all over this recipe. Thanks for posting!
SisterSledge says
Hi Robin,
I tried your crust recipe last night for a Shepard's Pie and the family loved it...so flaky and tasty! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Janine
Ashley @ mothershideaway says
Looks delicious, thank you for sharing!!
Joanna says
Great recipe! My mom found one recently from America's Test Kitchen that uses vodka instead of water. It's an interesting difference!
Cat Davis - Food Family Finds says
Ohhh that looks good, I'm bookmarking to try this week!
Megan Lucero says
Thank you, I am making pies today! I stocked up on Trader Joe's pumpkin puree. Time to make some pies MMMMMM
Cathy W says
It look delish and you make it seem so easy. I've printed the recipe and will give it a whirl!!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I love pie. I use my mixer to make this but the result is the same. I'm off to check out the pineapple pie now!