Description
This bakery-style pie crust is everything you want in a pastry—ultra flaky, buttery, crisp, and golden. With just a few simple ingredients, you can master a crust that’s perfect for both sweet and savory pies, quiches, and tarts.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed
1/2 cup ice water
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and sugar.
2. Cut in the cold butter using a pastry cutter or your fingers until you have coarse crumbs with pea-sized bits.
3. Slowly drizzle in ice water, mixing gently with a fork until the dough begins to come together.
4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, press together gently, divide in half, and shape into discs.
5. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
6. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to fit your pie dish and proceed with your pie recipe.
Notes
For extra flaky layers, use high-fat European-style butter and keep it cold.
Always rest the dough before rolling to prevent shrinking.
Freeze extra dough discs for future pies—they keep well for 3 months.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Chilled Dough
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
Keywords: pie crust, flaky pie crust, all-butter crust, homemade crust