How to Make Appetizing Easy Pie Crust Recipe

Easy Pie Crust Recipe. This homemade pie crust recipe yields a flaky tender crust with rich buttery flavor. It has simple, natural ingredients and uses only butter (NO SHORTENING). Several pie crust recipes—an all butter pie crust, or pate brisee, an all butter crust with almonds, combining butter and shortening crust, and That way you get the flavor of the butter, with the easy flakiness that comes from using shortening.

I used olive oil and it turned out great couldn't taste the olive flavor at all! So much healthier than pie crusts full of butter and easier too:) I had given up on making pies until now:) Thank you Louise! Our favorite butter pie crust recipe that makes consistent flaky pie dough every time. You can have Easy Pie Crust Recipe using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Pie Crust Recipe

1. You need 3 cups of all-purpose flour.
2. Prepare 150 g of butter, cold but softened.
3. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
4. You need 1 tbsp of granulated sugar.
5. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
6. Prepare 6 tbsp of whole milk.
7. You need 1 of medium egg.

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Easy Pie Crust Recipe instructions

1. Gather all the ingredients. Mix the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl..
2. To the dry ingredients, add in the butter and coarsely break it in using a spatula or your hands till it resembles coarse sand..
3. Then, add the egg and milk and mix first with a spatula or wooden spoon and eventually continue with your hands to bring it together till it forms a dough, add a splash more of milk if your dough is too hard or is breaking and bring it back together..
4. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for 10 - 15 minutes for the dough to rest and chill..
5. After the dough chills, bring it out and roll on a floured surface to fit your pie dish, the dough is enough for a bottom and top crust. If blind baking, bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit on the middle rack for 35 - 40 minutes. If baking with a filling, roll out the dough to fit your pie dish, add in the filling and cover with top crust. Brush the top of the pie with some egg wash (1 egg and a tbsp of milk).Bake at 300 degrees fahrenheit on the middle rack for 45 - 50 minutes..
6. Below is an apple pie I made using this pie crust recipe. It is delicious. Happy Baking!.

This recipe uses just a few simple ingredients and turns out perfect every single time. Making your own pie crust should never be intimidating. In fact, if you have a good recipe and instructions it's actually pretty easy. This easy pie crust recipe is great for beginners and turns out perfect every time! Flaky, crisp crust on the outside and soft in the center.