Homemade Pie Crust Recipe
A buttery and tender, versatile all-purpose homemade pie crust recipe.
Cost: $4
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup cold butter cut into pieces
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 2-3 Tbs. ice water
Instructions
- In a mixer, combine flour, sugar and salt.
- Add cold butter cubes, shortening and water. Pulse until coarse crumbs form.
- Divide the dough 2/3 for the bottom layer and 1/3 for the top layer
- Place the larger dough on a floured surface and roll to 11” circle using a floured rolling pin.
- Slip dough into 9” pie plate; trim and flute edges, if desired.
- Similarly, roll out the smaller dough to a 9" circle using a floured rolling pin. Use this for the top layer of the pie after adding the pie filling.