How to make pie crust - Pie crust recipe

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while margarine is often less expensive.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients, while cake flour is usually cheaper.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar can be less expensive.

cold water

Place flour in the center of a marble surface.

Add sugar and salt to the flour and mix together.

Cut cold butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture.

Use a fork to cut in the butter until it resembles pieces no larger than a pea.

Add ice water gradually, creating a well in the mixture and mixing until it resembles coarse cornmeal.

Bring the dough together with minimal water until it forms a cohesive mixture.

Sprinkle flour on the work surface and on the rolling pin.

Roll out the dough to an eighth of an inch thickness, turning the dough a quarter turn each time to avoid frayed edges.

Roll the dough to fit a 9-inch pie plate, ensuring it extends about 2 inches beyond the edge of the plate.

Transfer the dough to the pie plate without stretching it.

Trim the excess dough around the edge, leaving about 2 inches.

Fold the edge of the dough over and pinch to crimp the edges.

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