Easy Homemade Pie Crust – buttery and flaky
A very easy butter pie crust recipe that’s flaky and buttery. If butter is not available, oils or shortening can be used.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 20
- Yield: 9 inch pie crust
- Category: breads
- Method: pie
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar (optional)
1/2 cup medium cubed butter, frozen
1/4 cup water with 1 ice cube
Instructions
Instructions by Hand
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
- Mix with whisk or spatula
- Chill in freezer least 5-10 minutes
- Add butter, combine to evenly distribute
- Add water and combine with fork
- Dump on lightly flour surface
- knead lightly to combine ingredients
- check consistency
- pie dough should not be wet but still hold together when squeezed
- add water per teaspoon if needed
- shape into a disk
- wrap pie dough with plastic wrap
- store in refrigerator at least 30 minutes or freezer
- use as needed
Instructions for Food Processor
- Add all dry ingredients bowl
- Pulse about 5 times to combine
- Remove from base
- Place bowl in freezer for 5 minutes
- Attach bowl to processor
- Add butter and pulse 5 times
- Add 4 tablespoons water
- pulse 5 times
- check consistency
- pie dough should not be wet but still hold together when squeezed
- add water per teaspoon if needed
- dump dough on lightly floured surface
- shape into disk
- wrap pie dough with plastic wrap
- store in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or freezer
- use as needed
Notes
don’t fully combine butter, little knobs of butter should be seen marbling the pie dough
Keywords: very easy pie crust, flaky pie crust, homemade pie crust