Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, butter pie crust (2 crusts). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Butter Pie Crust (2 Crusts) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Butter Pie Crust (2 Crusts) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
This delicious, flaky pie crust made with butter makes a single crust pie, but can be scaled to meet your pie baking needs. Butter makes this buttery flaky recipe the perfect crust for your pie! An easy to follow pie crust tutorial video on how to make an all butter pie dough using just two knives!
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have butter pie crust (2 crusts) using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Pie Crust (2 Crusts):
- Prepare 2 sticks unsalted butter (cubbed)
- Prepare 2.5 cups flour
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 cup cold water
This all Butter Pie Crust is simple to make, with a delicious flavor and an extra flaky texture. I know homemade pie crust has a scary reputation, but it tastes SO much better than any storebought pie crust I've ever encountered, and it's really not so bad to make yourself. Granulated Sugar - Pie crust should not be sweet, but adding a little sugar to butter pie crust improves its flavor and enhances browning. The sugar crystals also help break down the hard pieces of butter.
Instructions to make Butter Pie Crust (2 Crusts):
- Sift flower
- Add cubbed cold butter into flour and cut the butter into the flour until it resembles a crumble, then add cold water. If it seems too wet, which mine was, add a little bit more flour, about a small handful.
- Split evenly in two balls of dough and freeze for 30 mins
- Roll out dough in all directions throughout the dough to prevent shrinking.
- Fold dough into quarters when transferring it to a pie sheet to prevent ripping. (I.e., fold in half once, and then half again until it’s shaped like a cone)
Cold unsalted butter - Supplies the pie crust's unbeatable flavor and flaky texture. All butter pie crust vs. shortening: An all butter crust with different size chunks of the fat in your dough makes it flaky and light. Butter contains more water than shortening, so as it bakes the steam puffs up the crust creating light and flaky layers. Shortening can take on a greasier feel. A homemade pie crust recipe, rather pie crust method, that's consistent and makes dough that's a dream to roll out.
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