Easy Pie Crust Recipe

Easy Pie Crust Recipe

from natashaskitchen.com
10 min
12 servings

This homemade pie crust dough recipe yields a flaky tender crust with rich buttery flavor. This recipe uses only butter (NO SHORTENING) so it is all natural.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 lb COLD unsalted butter ((2 sticks) diced into 1/4" pieces)
  • 7 Tbsp ice water ((7 to 8 Tbsp))

Directions

  1. 1

    Place flour, sugar and salt into the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine.

  2. 2

    Add cold diced butter and pulse the mixture until coarse crumbs form with some pea-sized pieces then stop mixing. Mixture should remain dry and powdery. 

  3. 3

    Add 7 Tbsp ice water and pulse just until moist clumps or small balls form. Press a piece of dough between your finger tips and if the dough sticks together, you have added enough water. If not, add more water a teaspoon full at a time. Be careful not to add too much water or the dough will be sticky and difficult to roll out.

  4. 4

    Transfer dough to a clean work surface, and gather dough together into a ball (it should not be smooth and DO NOT knead the dough). Divide dough in half and flatten to form 2 disks. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour before using in recipes that call for pie crust.