Pie Crust
A very simple easy to make pie crust that is so delicious
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
- 1 pie plate
Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 1 pinch salt
- ¾ cup butter
- 2 large egg yolks
- 4 tbsp ice water
Instructions
- in a medium-sized bowl add flour and a pinch of salt
- cut butter into small cubes and drop it into the bowl of flour, pinch the cubes of flour using only the tips of your fingers until there are no more chunks and the mixture comes together in a ball when squeezed.
- in a separate bowl mix, the egg yolks and ice water then pour into the flour and butter mixture.
- stir using a fork and as you feel it coming together then pour it out onto a clean dry surface. fold and squish it into a disk by hand trying to to handle it too much.
- wrap in plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for 1 hour or over night.
- when you are ready to roll out the dough, dust your countertop with flour and place the disk of dough on it. sprinkle the top with some more flour and also coat your rolling pin with flour.
- roll the dough out a little at a time. use very little pressure and keep the dough moving so that it does not stick to your counter. roll in all directions until you have a piece that is big enough to fit over your pie plate and is about ¼" thick.
- use the rolling pin to lift the dough off the counter by rolling it up like a rug on the rolling pin and then unrolling it onto the pie pan.
- press the dough into the bottom of the pan while lifting the edges being careful not to rip the dough.
- edge the dough however you want depending on the pie you will be using it for. In this case, I cut off the excess leaving a slight overhang then tucked it all under. Then using my knuckle on one hand and my thumb and pointer finger on the other I pinched the sides to give the crimped look.
- depending on the pie you are making you will either blind bake the crust or bake it with the pie.