Easy Flaky Butter Pie Crust Recipe

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat alternative.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber while cake flour is often less expensive.

Measure 1 ½ cups of flour using the fluff and scoop method, then set aside an extra cup of flour.

Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and ½ teaspoon of salt to the flour and pulse a few times to mix in a food processor.

Cut 1 cup of cold butter into small pieces and scatter over the flour mixture.

Process the butter into the flour until all of the flour is coated and the mixture holds together when pressed.

Add the remaining flour to the mixture and pulse to combine.

Scatter 6 tablespoons of ice water over the dough and mix with a spoon or spatula, adding more water as needed until the dough holds together.

Empty the bowl onto a work surface and bring the dough together with your hands, forming it into one lump without kneading.

Divide the dough in half and press each half into a disk, then wrap well and refrigerate or freeze.

If making by hand, use a bowl to mix 60% of the flour with salt and sugar, then cut in the butter with a pastry cutter until coated.

Add the remaining flour and mix, then scatter 6 tablespoons of ice water over the mixture and press together until it holds.

Bring the mixture together on a work surface, divide, and wrap into disks.

Flour a clean work surface and place one dough disk down, gently pressing it with a rolling pin to soften it.

Roll out the dough into a circle, checking for sticking and adding flour as needed, until it's at least 1-inch larger than your pie dish.

Roll the dough around the rolling pin and unroll it into the pie dish, pressing gently to fit without stretching.

Trim excess dough and, if making a single crust pie, add decoration; for a double crust pie, wait until the top crust is added.

Crimp the edges using fingers and knuckles for decoration.

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