Gluten Free Pie Crust

Submitted by BigFatMomma

"From Arrowhead Mills."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 9

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup rice flour
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1⁄3 cup butter or 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons cold water

directions

1. Stir dry ingredients together, making sure xanthan gum is evenly distributed.
2. Cut in butter or oil and add honey.
3. Add cold water a little at a time until a ball is formed.
4. Roll dough to 1/8" thickness between two sheets of aluminum foil.
5. Peel top sheet of foil off, and invert dough onto a 9" pie pan.
6. Peel off other foil sheet.
7. Prick dough with fork, and bake at 350 for 15 minutes until brown.

Reviews

[GFJane]

Gluten free baking is more an art than science. With flours, using only one flour is usually not as good as using several flours. I'd suggest using a GF flour mix here, or using only a mix of rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, or even some sorghum or teff.

 

[DeliciousAsItLooks]

I had some difficulty with this crust. I've never been very good at making pie crusts, so it could be just me, but I couldn't get this to transfer to the pie pan. It would fall apart every time. I finally decided to make it with a simple rice flour blend (2 cups rice flour, 2/3 cup potato starch, 1/3 cup tapioca flour) and that worked a little better. I still couldn't get it transferred to the pie pan after rolling out, so I ended up just patting it into the pan with my fingers and not rolling it out at all. Despite the troubles I had, the crust tasted great and worked well for the apple crumb pie I made.

 

[Wanna swap recipes]

I actually forgot the honey and it was wonderful! Flakey and delicious under my strawberry pie! It was a huge hit. New to GF due to DH diagnosis so thank you for your help.

 

[hanen]

this pie crust completely fell apart on me when i inverted it into the pie plate. also, there was not enough dough for my 9" plate. i used oil instead of butter, maybe that was the problem. not sure.

 

[joelle_nagle]

This recipe makes a great tasting flaky crust! It's awesome and delicious :)