Alton Brown's Pie Crust

By prairiemama

This Pie Crust recipe takes awhile but is well worth the effort!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 sticks butter, unsalted
• 3 tablespoons apple juice concentrate + 2 tablespoons
• Water mixed in spray bottle
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt, kosher

Preparation

Step 1

Flour parchment paper.

Add butter and cover completely with flour.

Chop butter and coat thoroughly.

Chill everything in a metal bowl.

Take 4 tablespoons butter out of fridge and warm to room temperature.

Process dry ingredients till butter completely disappears; pulse.

Add rest of the butter half at a time. Pulse 10 times; til pea sized.

Process rest of butter, leaving chunks of butter.

Put mix in a bowl; spray top of dough till glistens and work in with a spatula.

Spray again and fold.

Grab a handful of dough and squeeze-if shows crease of hand and breaks apart cleanly, not crumbly, about right.

Spray again, stir if dry; pack into a mound; push down with waxed paper and turn out of bowl.

Wrap tightly and chill 20 minutes.

On a floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, press straight down, turn crust 10 degrees per roll, till size desired.

Brush top of crust with 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water.

Sprinkle with coarse sugar.