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All-Butter Pie Crust Recipe

5 from 1 vote
prep 10 minutes
cook 30 minutes
2 hours
total 2 hours 40 minutes
Serves 2 crusts
Pie crust is a super simple and versatile flakey pastry made with 3 main ingredients - flour, butter and water. It can be blind baked, par-baked or baked with a filling and used with any type of filling. 
Servings 2 crusts

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 120 mL cold water
  • 15-30 mL alcohol, any spirit, I prefer bourbon (you can't taste it)
  • 300 grams all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 227 grams salted butter, cold
  • 1 large egg for egg wash, use before final bake
  • 1-2 Tbsp turbinado sugar, sprinkle on top of egg wash

Method

  1. Place the alcohol in a measuring cup and add the cold water. Place it in the freezer while you prepare the other ingredients.
    15-30 mL alcohol any spirit, I prefer bourbon (you can't taste it), 120 mL cold water
  2. Place the flour in the bowl of the food processor. Place the whole bowl in the freezer while you cube the butter.
    300 grams all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
  3. Add the cubed butter to the flour in the freezer, for 5-10 minutes.
    227 grams salted butter cold
  4. Remove the the bowl from the freezer, place it on the food processor and pulse until pea seize chunks form.
  5. While the food processor is on, stream in the water mixture just until it starts to come together. Start with only 1/3 cup of water and use up to 2/3 cup (total with the alcohol) if needed, I usually do 1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp(ish). You want the dough to be kinda crumbly but stick together when you press on it.
  6. Remove the dough from the food processor, press it together so it all sticks together. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for an hour.
  7. Use pie crust as desired. If blind or par-baking, use egg wash just before final bake. Sprinkle with the sugar, if desired.
    1 large egg for egg wash use before final bake, 1-2 Tbsp turbinado sugar sprinkle on top of egg wash

Notes

  1. You can sub some of the flour for other types of flours for different flavors
  2. You can brown some or all of the butter but make sure the final amount is the same in weight as the ingredients states. 
  3. You can use less water and more alcohol to bring in a bourbon flavor if desired. 

Nutrition

Calories: 1406kcalCarbohydrates: 125gProtein: 17gFat: 94gSaturated Fat: 59gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 24gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 244mgSodium: 733mgPotassium: 196mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 2836IUCalcium: 51mgIron: 7mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pie crust