Nov 012012
We enjoy all kinds of pie out our house…sweet and savory. I have been known to grab a box of Pillsbury Ready Made Pie Crust and I admit they are pretty good. However you still need to put a sprinkle of flour on them and roll them out and truthfully if you use the food processor you can whip up a pie crust in no time. I have made crust with butter and with shortening and I finally decided that the blend of both as many chefs recommend is my favorite. You can also make this crust by hand by cutting the fat into the flour with a pastry blender or a fork. The pie above is made with canned pie filling I had on hand but of course home made filling is awewome!
Pie Dough
Author: Best Foodies
Ingredients
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup salted butter, cut into pieces
- ½ cup Crisco, cut into ½” cubes
- 5 Tablespoons ice water
Instructions
- In food processor blend flour, sugar and salt.
- Add butter and Crisco and pulse until it resembles coarse meal.
- Slowly add water and pulse until starts to form dough but not complete ball.
- Remove from processor bowl.
- Gather together and divide in half. Flatten into disk. Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Soften slightly when ready to roll..
- Sprinkle board with flour, dust rolling pin with flour and roll bottom dough to desired size. Transfer to pie plate.
- Roll out top dough and cut into strips or place whole piece on top of pie and cut slits in dough.
- Brush with wash of one egg and 1 T. water beaten together. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees until crust starts to brown.
