pastry pie shell dough

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Lauren Conforti
HARRIMAN, TN

This pie crust recipe is amazing! Buttery, crispy layers. And if there’s any leftover dough pieces, I snatch them right up & pop them in my mouth! Ha!

(1 rating)
method Bake

Ingredients For pastry pie shell dough

  • 1 1/2 c
    flour
  • 1 1/2 stick
    butter, cold
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 1/2-3 fl
    ounces ice cold water

How To Make pastry pie shell dough

  • 1
    In a large bowl, mix flour & salt.
  • 2
    Slice butter lengthwise. Make a quarter turn to a clean face & slice lengthwise again. Cut into pieces & add to flour.
  • 3
    Work butter quickly into flour until butter resembles little pebbles. (Alternatively, you can put half the butter into a food processor with the flour & pulse until you get a pebbly mixture, then work the other half into the flour by hand. You want some large “pebbles” in the dough enough to sizzle & cook in the oven which makes nice, crispy layers. You can only get that by hand)
  • 4
    Add just enough ice water to get the dough to hold together.
  • 5
    Wrap dough in plastic wrap & place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour to let the butter firm back up.
  • 6
    The dough is now ready to be rolled or shaped into whatever you want. Bake in a 350F oven until golden, about 20-30 minutes.

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