The Everything Pie Crust
This all-purpose pie crust is the perfect recipe for any type of pie! Double crusts, single, cream fillings, or lemon merinuge. The secret ingredients are shredded frozen butter and LARD! Lard not only tastes delicious but it makes the flakiest, best pies you'll ever have. Don't believe me? Just ask your grandma! You'll never need another pie crust recipe!
Servings: 2 crusts
Calories: 1088kcal
Equipment
- 9" glass pie plate
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 7 Tablespoons unsalted butter frozen and grated
- 8 Tablespoons lard cold
- ½ cup ice cold water
Instructions
- Combine the flour, salt, and cold lard together with your hands or a fork to make a crumbly texture.
- Add in the frozen shredded butter. Toss lightly to combine and coat the butter with the flour mixture being careful not to warm the butter too much with your hands.
- Add in the water in thirds. Tossing between each addition until the mixture is moistened and begins to stick together.
- Press the dough into two equal sized disks about 1" thick.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for a minium of two hours and up to two days. Or freeze and use it later!
- When you're ready to make your pie, remove it from the fridge.
- Dust the surface of your counter with a little flour.
- Press down firmly with your rolling pin to begin flattening the pie dough.
- Roll the dough out to ⅛" thick, moving the dough often and adding more flour as needed. Place into your pie dish as directed in your pie recipe. Chill your dough for 30 minutes before you bake it.
Notes
Brush your pie crust with an egg wash (1 egg plus 1 Tablespoon of water whisked together) to promote browning and a shiny finish.
Add sparkling sugar to the egg washed pie crust before baking for a beautufil finish.
Baking your pie at 425ºF for the first 15 minutes of baking will make your crust bake up super tall and fluffy.
Reduce the temperature after 15 minutes to 350ºF for the remainder of the baking.
Nutrition
Serving: 1crust | Calories: 1088kcal | Carbohydrates: 144g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 1175mg | Potassium: 243mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2077IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 74mg | Iron: 9mg
