Flaky Butter Crust

Submitted by PanNan

"This easy recipe makes three single crusts. The dough can be frozen. It can be made in the mixer or the food processor (I make it in the food processor). I found it in one of my cookbooks - CookWise by Shirley O. Corriher. and decided to give it a try since I needed three crusts for Thanksgiving pies. I was very impressed with how easy the dough was to work with, and how the crusts baked up. They were fairly flaky and buttery tasting, and held up well with both pumpkin and pecan pie fillings (without getting soggy). This is my go-to pie crust recipe from now on."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 3 pie crusts

ingredients

• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup cold water
• 1⁄2 lb cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (2 sticks)
• 11 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 cups)

directions

1. Dissolve the salt in the water and refrigerate.
2. Place the butter cubes and flour in the food processor (or mixer) bowl. Chill the bowl, ingredients and blade (or mixer paddle) in the freezer until well chilled, at least 30 minutes.
3. Cut the butter into the flour using the pulse (or mixer paddle on slow speed) until the mixture resembles flakes of oatmeal.
4. With the machine running, slowly pour in the cold salted water, mix just until the dough forms a ball.
5. Divide the dough into three equal portions and shape each into a disk about 6 inches in diameter.
6. Refrigerate disks for at least 30 minutes.
7. Roll out each disk into 11 inch circles, place in a 9 inch pie pan and return the pan to the refrigerator until ready to bake or fill.
8. Note: If baking the crusts without filling, place a piece of parchment over the crust and fill with rice, or dry beans, spreading them around the bottom to cover and weigh down the crust. Make sure the crusts are cold when they go into the preheated oven at 375°F Bake until the edges are lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Remove the rice or beans and the parchment, prick each crust several times with a fork, and return the crust to the oven to bake an additional 5 - 10 minutes. Remove and cool before filling.

Reviews

[Britgal]

I have been cooking for many years and have tried different pastry recipes. This is the best I have ever found. So buttery, I used it for all my Holiday baking and it was fantastic. Thank you for sharing.