Flaky Butter Pie Crust

Ever been too afraid or discouraged to attempt a pie crust from scratch? Fear no more! My own mother, who prides herself in having all the family recipes and secrets couldn’t make a good pie crust. I told her about mine after she complimented it and she decided to give it a whirl. She is over the moon to have an easy, flaky, and buttery pie crust recipe she can throw together at any time now. So read on to learn how to make this flaky butter pie crust.

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• 1 Flaky Butter Pie Crust
  • 1.1 Ingredients
  • 1.2 Instructions
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Flaky Butter Pie Crust

Easy to make flaky butter pie crust

Prep Time45 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: buttery, crust, dessert, flaky, pie, pie crust

Servings: 2 9″ pie crusts

Ingredients

• 3¼ cups flour with extra to coat work area and hands to avoid sticking.
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ cup cold butter
• ⅔ cup cold lard
• 4-5 tbsp ice water to start, more may be needed

Instructions

• In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt. Add the butter and lard and work it in your hands until it resembles course crumbs.
• Add the ice water a little at a time using your hands until the dough comes together in the palm of your hand without sticking. Make sure not to overwork the dough as it will become too elastic.
• Divide the dough in half and wrap each in saran wrap. Regrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Romove the dough from the refrigerator and place on a lightly floured surface. Roll out the dough to desired thickness.
• It's always best to bake your bottom crust for approximately 10 minutes with pie weights before adding your filling.

I mention pie weights in the recipe at the end. Don’t worry if you don’t have any. You can use a bag of dry beans or uncooked rice. I have used both of these items as I do not own “real” pie weights myself. The purpose of the weights is to ensure the crust doesn’t bubble up or shrink away from the sides too much. If you insist on pie weights you can purchase them here.

Be creative with your pie flaky butter pie crust. I will often take my scraps and roll it out and add a butter, sugar, and cinnamon mixture to it. Then I roll it up and bake it in the oven at my husband’s request. Perhaps you could use the scraps to create leaves to place on top of the top crust or just use cutouts as the crust like this:

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