Description
This Grandma’s Pie Crust recipe is the ultimate flaky, buttery homemade pie crust made from scratch with simple ingredients like flour, butter, and shortening. Perfect for sweet or savory pies, it’s a classic old-fashioned crust that turns golden and tender every time.
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed
1/4 cup vegetable shortening, cold
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 to 5 tablespoons ice water
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and salt.
2. Add the cold butter and shortening. Use a pastry cutter or your fingers to mix until the texture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized pieces of fat.
3. Gradually add ice water, one tablespoon at a time, mixing gently with a fork until the dough comes together and holds when squeezed.
4. Divide the dough into two equal disks, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least one hour in the refrigerator.
5. Lightly flour your surface and roll one disk into a 12-inch circle.
6. Carefully place the rolled dough into your pie dish, trim the edges, crimp as desired, and fill as needed.
7. Bake as directed for your pie recipe or blind bake if your filling does not require baking.
Notes
Keep your butter and shortening very cold for the flakiest crust.
Do not overwork the dough once water is added to avoid toughness.
You can freeze the dough disks for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Mixing and rolling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8th of 9-inch pie)
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg