Description
This super easy homemade pie crust is buttery, flaky, and perfect for any pie. The laminating technique creates beautiful layers, while the double-chill method ensures no shrinkage.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1⅔ cups (200g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ Tbsp (7g) granulated sugar
- 12 Tbsp (1½ sticks / 170g) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into ½-inch cubes
- 5–7 Tbsp ice cold water
- 1 egg white (lightly beaten, for sealing)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and sugar.
- Add chilled butter cubes. Working quickly, flatten each piece between your fingers until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs with some pea-sized butter pieces. Work fast to keep butter cold, this creates flakiness.
- Add 4 Tbsp ice water and toss with your hands. Add more water 1 Tbsp at a time until dough just barely holds together when squeezed (usually 5-6 Tbsp total). It should look shaggy, not smooth.
- Press dough into a flat disc, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- After chilling, roll dough into a rough 10×6-inch rectangle on a floured surface.
- Fold in half like a book, then fold in half again (you’ve folded it in quarters). Roll out and repeat once more. This creates those beautiful flaky layers.
- Roll dough into a 12-13 inch circle, about ⅛ inch thick.
- Transfer to ungreased 9-inch pie plate. Press gently into bottom and sides without stretching.
- Trim overhang to 1 inch, fold under to create a thick edge, and crimp decoratively.
- Prick bottom all over with a fork, then freeze for 30 minutes while oven preheats to 375°F.
- Line frozen crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights, beans, or rice.
- Bake 20 minutes on middle or lower rack.
- Remove parchment and weights. Bake another 12-15 minutes until golden brown all over.
- Immediately brush hot crust with beaten egg white to seal. Let cool completely, then fill according to your pie recipe!
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 2152 kcal
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 400 mg
- Fat: 129 g
- Saturated Fat: 80 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 40 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 214 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Cholesterol: 180 mg