If you’re looking for the best pie crust recipe, this is it! This recipe uses butter to create a flaky, golden pie crust that’s perfect for all your favorite pies! (Especially this egg custard!) The best part is, you can use this for all your homemade pies – sweet pies (like ...
Foolproof all butter pie crust is the best and ONLY pie dough recipe you’ll ever need for your pie recipes! Easy to roll out with a rolling pin and no food processor required. Flaky and flavorful, this butter pie crust recipe is perfect for cherry pie, pumpkin pie, or apple pie!
Pie Crust Ingredients You'll need just four ingredients for this top-rated flaky pie crust recipe: Flour: This flaky pie crust recipe starts with all-purpose flour. Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the flavor and promotes a tender, moist crust. Butter: Cold butter adds rich flavor and cr...
I prefer to make pie crusts with butter as the fat component. You’ll see some pie crust recipes that use shortening or a combination of butter and shortening. While shortening is often lauded for making very flaky crusts, butter will do that as well if you don’t over-work the dough. ...
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This pie crust recipe uses all butter for superior flavor and flakiness. Only add a couple of teaspoons of sugar or leave it out altogether if you're making a savory pie or don't want a sweet crust. You can make the dough ahead of time and store it in the fridge or even freeze the...
to prevent weakling doughs from stretching, ripping, or tearing. Thanks to an ample supply of butter, you don't have to worry about cracks as you fold and shape the dough. It easily conforms to the curves of the pie plate, and curls over nicely to form the border of the crust. ...
Use pie crust as directed in your pie recipe. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS Cook’s Note You can use 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening if preferred. Just make sure they are cut into small pieces and frozen for 30 minutes prior to use. I Made It Print 1,091 home cooks made it!
Recipe Notes *Use Chocolate Teddy Grahams if you can’t find chocolate graham crackers. Other crust variations are listed in the Sprinkle of Science tip box (above the recipe). Can’t Have Peanuts? Use Almond Butter Instead! Use the same amount of almond butter as peanut butter in the reci...
I think graham cracker crusts work better for things like this No-bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie pie, other cheesecake-like pies, peanut butter pies, etc. – but if you’d prefer a flaky, butter pie crust, you can certainly use this recipe. I’ll definitely be using it in this Caramel ...