Wednesday, 21 November 2012 14:04 |
The best pie crust
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 stick plus 2 Tbs butter (cold) cut into pieces
- 4 Tbs cold water
Instructions:
- In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder by pulsing 3 to 4 times.
- Add butter and pulse 5 to 6 times until texture looks like course meal.
- Remove lid of food processor and sprinkle surface of mixture thoroughly with water. Replace lid and pulse 5 times.
- Add more water and pulse again until mixture holds together when squeezed. (You do not need to use all of the water. Just enough for the dough to hold together)
- Place mixture in large zip-top bag, or wrap in plastic wrap squeeze together until it forms a ball, and then press into a rounded disk and refrigerate for 2 hours or longer.
- Remove dough from refrigerator. Cut along 2 sides of the plastic bag, open bag to expose dough, and sprinkle both sides with flour. Roll out with a rolling pin to a 10 to 11-inch circle.
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