hey everyone its Dorothy with CrazyforCrust.com and today we're going to talk
all about pie crust. I absolutely love pie crust it's my favorite thing it's
actually why I started my blog and called it crazy for crust so I'm super
excited to share a tutorial video on how I make the perfect all butter pie crust.
all right so let's talk a little bit about pie crust for a second. there are
usually two camps of people: the kind of people that love pie and the kind of
people that don't love pie crust. I think the people that don't love pie
crust don't love it because they haven't had the right kind of pie crust
they haven't had my all butter pie crust it's tastes delicious it's flaky it's
soft and crunchy at the same time has tons of flavor and is the perfect
vehicle for any pie recipe that you're gonna make
there are two ways to make my
all butter pie crust
the first way is using the food processor that's my
favorite way
we're gonna talk about that first
the second way is using your hands
like grandma did and if you don't have a food processor you can totally make this
recipe by hand super easy
all right let's talk about ingredients for a
second this pie crust recipe only has four ingredients all-purpose flour salt
unsalted butter and water
let's talk about each ingredient individually
first
is the flour I use all-purpose flour because it's easy to find you already
have it in your pantry
salt for flavor I always like to add a little pinch of
salt to all of my dessert recipes and
let's talk about butter for a second I
like to use unsalted butter in this recipe and the thing you have to make
sure of is that your butter is cold that is the key to a perfect pie crust
ice-cold butter so what I will do is cut the butter into cubes and put it back in
the refrigerator and once I'm all ready to make my pie crust I'll pull it out of
the fridge now make sure that you use a really good quality great tasting butter
I like to use challenge butter because it's my favorite but you can use
whatever you want as long as it's a good quality butter remember there's only one
type of fat in this recipe there's only four ingredients you have to use
something that's going to taste really really good don't use something cheap or
margarine or any of that use real butter unsalted and use a really good brand and
then water actually ice water you want to make sure that you use really cold
ice water for this pie crust what I like to do is fill up a measuring cup with
ice and waters too keep it cold and make it ice water the
most important thing about making pie crust is that you're using cold
ingredients you want to make sure that your butter is ice-cold and that your
water is ice cold
the cold ingredients will ensure a flaky crust and it'll be
much easier to roll out
first of all we're in talking about my favorite
method the food processor method
in order to make the best all butter pie crust
using a food processor here's what you do
first add flour and salt into the
food processor
pulse to combine a couple of times just to mix it up then add the ice-cold
butter into the food processor and run it for a few seconds maybe 10 to 20
until the butter is distributed
now it's not going to come together it's going to
still be crumbly and dry like flour but the butter will be distributed
throughout the flour and you're gonna add ice water
we're gonna start with
1 tablespoon of ice water and we're gonna add that in and let the food
processor run for about 10 to 20 seconds you're going to add a second tablespoon
of ice water and let it run until it comes together to form a ball
now here's
the thing about ice water depending on where you live if you're at elevation or
if it's humid or dry you may need more water or less water I always use two
tablespoons of water in my pie crust recipe so if you get to two tablespoons
and you let the food processor run for a while and it still is not forming a ball
like it shows in the video then add a teeny bit more water not a full
tablespoon go like it a teaspoon at a time and just add it into the food
processor while it's running till you get a nice ball of pie crust now this is
something I do a little bit differently than a lot of other people that make pie
crust I absolutely hate rolling out cold dough
a lot of pie crust recipes will
tell you to wrap this dough ball into a plastic wrap and put it in the fridge
until it's hard but then it's almost impossible to roll out without it
cracking or falling apart
I like to roll it out right after I've run it in the
food processor while it's still kind of room temperature and that way it's a lot
easier it's a lot more flexible so what I use is a silicone baking mat and I put
it out there and then I cover it with wax paper and I just roll it out to the
size of my pie plate you want a 9 inch pie plate for this pie crust recipe this
is just a basic 9 inch pie plate the two inch size this is just a class one it's
cheap you can get these at almost any store this is not a deep dish this is
just a regular 9-inch pie plate you don't want to use anything bigger you
smaller but nothing bigger than that all right so once you have the dough rolled
out you're just going to easily transfer it into your pie plate
and once you have it in your pie plate crimp the edges as desired and then
you're gonna chill the pie crust until you're ready to fill it the most
important thing though is making sure that it's chilled properly make sure you
chill it at least 30 minutes before you feel it or bake it so you don't have a
food processor that's totally fine you can do this by hand just like your
grandma used to do this is a pastry cutter it's what I use to make my pie
crust my crumbles and all that it has they'll put some scones you can use it
for that too so this is a great kitchen tool to have
and you just can hold it like this you can put all your weight into working in
that butter in your pie crust add the butter into the flour and salt
and then work it together until it forms about large pea-sized it's not going to
get as fine as if you were using a food processor but it will definitely
distribute the butter a little bit then you're gonna add the water you're gonna
start with 1 tablespoon work up to 2 tablespoons just like when you're using
the food processor but I've noticed with making it by hand sometimes they have to
use a little bit more water but don't put too much in just add a little bit
until the dough will come together sometimes it helps to get your hands in
there and start using your hands to bind it all together or turn it out onto a
silicone mat and work it knead it a little bit together to get it into a
nice ball then cover it with wax paper and roll it out just like we did with
the food processor transfer it to a pie plate put it in the fridge and chill it
until you're ready to fill it that's it that's how you make the best pie crust
recipe this all butter pie crust is delicious it's perfect for any pie
recipe and you can make it into just four ingredients super fast super easy
it's way easier than you think it is so go ahead get started making that pie
crust you can buy all of my pie crust recipes at crazy for crestcom thanks for
watching today and eat something sweet