Pie Crust

By prairiemama

Pie crusts aren’t all that hard to make, but they can be a bit time consuming. With this trick, you can easily do the crust a day or more ahead of time. You’ll save lots of time on cleanup, too.

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 pound (one stick, eight tablespoons, 1/2 cup) butter
• 1 dash salt (1/4 teaspoon)
• 3 tablespoons cold water

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins
Adapted from cooklikeyourgrandmother.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Sift the flour, sugar and salt together.
2. Cut the butter into small chunks. Make sure it's nice
and cold or it will stick to your knife.
3. Cut the butter into the flour and sugar until coarse
crumbs form.
4. Add the cold water and quickly form it into a dough. 5. Transfer it to a one gallon zip-top bag
and put in the refrigerator for at least a half-hour.
6. Remove from the fridge and roll out into a
circle, still in the bag.
7. Cut the bag open and use immediately, or return to
the fridge for two to three days, or freeze
for several weeks.