Description
This classic Grandmother’s Pie Crust Recipe delivers a perfectly flaky, buttery crust using just four simple ingredients. Ideal for sweet or savory pies, it’s a timeless baking essential passed down through generations.
Ingredients
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- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 6–8 tablespoons ice-cold water
- Optional: 1 tablespoon sugar (for sweet pies)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
- Add cold, cubed butter and cut it into the flour using a pastry cutter or fork until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Drizzle in ice-cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing gently until the dough starts to form.
- Form the dough into a ball, handling it as little as possible.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface to about 1/8-inch thickness.
- Transfer dough to a pie pan, trim and crimp the edges.
- If blind baking, line the crust with parchment paper, add pie weights, and bake at 375°F for 15 minutes. Remove weights and bake for another 5–7 minutes until golden.
Notes
- Always use very cold butter and water for best flakiness.
- Do not overwork the dough or it will become tough.
- Wrap and freeze dough for up to 3 months.
- Add herbs for savory pies or sugar for fruit pies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Hand-mixed, Rolled dough
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 of pie crust
- Calories: 215
- Sugar: 0.5g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
Keywords: Grandmother’s Pie Crust Recipe, homemade pie crust, flaky pie dough, butter pie crust, classic baking recipe