Ingredients
Method
- In a stand mixer, or by hand with a pastry cutter if you're old school like that, blend the dry ingredients together.
- Add butter. Mix until the butter chunks are no bigger than blueberries.
- Add 1/2 cup of ice water and mix until a dough ball forms.
- Remove ball and cut in half. Flatten into 2 large pancake dough discs.
- Flour counter and roll out dough half a few inches larger than the pie pan you are using.
- Line the buttered pan with the pie dough, tuck under the edges evenly and beautify -AKA- "crimp" the edges. Poke holes throughout the bottom of the crust using a fork.
- Place the crimped pie shells into the freezer for at least an hour before baking but preferably overnight.
- When you are ready to bake your pie, fill the frozen crust and bake immediately. Do not thaw the crust.
- Preheat oven to 400. After 15 minutes, reduce oven to 375 and bake according to your recipe. Starting out with a very hot oven helps keep the shape of your crimping.
Notes
This recipe makes 2 regular sized pie crusts (top and bottom). But, if you are making a slab pie, this recipe will make 1 slab pie crust.