Single-Crust Pie Pastry Recipe

Single-Crust Pie Pastry Recipe

from southernliving.com

If you think you don't have enough time to make a pie crust, think again. This basic pie crust recipe is so much tastier than frozen pie crust dough, believe us.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 2 tablespoons cold shortening, cubed
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water

Directions

  1. 1

    Pulse flour and salt in a food processor until combined, 3 to 4 times. Add cubed butter and shortening, and pulse until mixture resembles small peas, 4 to 5 times. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons ice water over top of mixture. Pulse 4 times. Add up to 1 more tablespoon of water, 1 teaspoon at a time, pulsing after each addition until dough just begins to clump together.

  2. 2

    Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead until dough comes together, 2 to 3 times. Shape and flatten dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill 2 hours or up to 2 days.