Pie dough

From Burden's Landing

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour. Could substitute in 1/2 cup whole wheat flour.
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 10 tbsp cold (preferably frozen) butter
  • 1/4 tsp salt. (I do a very generous pinch. I like to taste the salt in my crust.)
  • 4ish tbsp ice water

Recipe

With food processor: Add all ingredients except ice water. Pulse until sandy texture. Add some ice water and pulse until evenly moist.

Without food processor: Chop butter into small pieces. Mix with dry ingredients. Really (and quickly) work the butter into the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon until you get a sandy texture. Add some ice water, and mix.

Bring dough together in a sheet of plastic wrap to form a disc. If it doesn't stick together with moderate pressure, it needs more water. It shouldn't need a lot of working, which can result in a tough dough.

Refrigerate for at least an hour.

Notes

Almost identical to the no-fear pie crust recipe, except uses all butter instead of some cream cheese.

History

December 25, 2022

Made for my apple galette. Was a little tough, but tasted good, was flaky enough, and had nice caramelization.