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Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

Never be disappointed with your pie crust again! This knockout flaky pie crust requires only four ingredients and yields awesome results each time — guaranteed.
Course How To
Cuisine American
Keyword flaky pie crust recipe, Pie crust recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Calories 115kcal
Author Natalya Drozhzhin

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter (frozen)
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup water (ice cold)
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Instructions

  • Prepare the ingredients for the recipe.
    Ingredients on table including; stick of butte , water, salt and flour
  • Combine the flour together with salt. Using a grater, grate the frozen butter into the flour mixture, tossing with a spatula occasionally to prevent the butter from sticking together.
    flour and grated butter
  • Add water to the ingredients, then work the dough with your hands just enough for it all to stick together. The dough will turn out hard.
    flour and butter chunks
  • Seal tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least four hours, or overnight. This recipe yields one pie crust.
    Pie crust dough rolled up in the plastic

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Notes

Note: This recipe yields one pie crust. Double the recipe if you need more than one crust!

Nutrition

Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 14mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg