Best Super Easy Pie Crust Recipes

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SUPER QUICK AND EASY PIE CRUST



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Make and share this Super Quick and Easy Pie Crust recipe from Food.com.

Provided by PA Italian

Categories     Pie

Time 5m

Yield 2 crusts

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups flour, heaped
1 pinch salt
1/2-2/3 cup oil
milk, to make one full cup (with oil)

Steps:

  • Stir quickly; roll between wax paper. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes to use prebaked crust; or, bake per specific pie directions. Makes 2 crusts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 936.8, Fat 55.7, SaturatedFat 8.3, Sodium 80, Carbohydrate 95.4, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 0.3, Protein 12.9

SUPER EASY TENDER PIE CRUST



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This recipe was originally from _Good Housekeeping's Party Pie Book_, 1958 (which I own). It is important to only use vegetable shortening with this recipe and not butter or margarine. It is also important to use just enough water to make the dough stick together. However, this is a very very easy crust to make. After 25 years of struggling to make a decent pie crust, I found this recipe and have yet to mess it up. I think I would have to deliberately do something to mess it up. My kids never used to eat the crusts of my pot pies and other pies. Now they do. By the way, please note that I am not the best at making my pie crusts look pretty, as evidenced by the picture.

Provided by Rebecca Klingbeil @Leofwynn

Categories     Pies

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 1/4 cup(s) sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon(s) salt
3/4 cup(s) + 2 tablespoons all vegetable shortening at room temperature
1/3 cup(s) (about) cold tap water

Steps:

  • Measure flour and salt into the sifter and sift into mixing bowl.
  • Cut shortening into flour with a pastry cutter (pastry blender) or two knives until it resembles coarse meal.
  • Sprinkle water, 1 T at a time, over different parts of the mixture while tossing with a fork until all the particles are just sticky enough to stick enough to hold together when pressed and to form a dough that clings to the fork.
  • USE ONLY ENOUGH WATER TO MAKE THE PARTICLES CLING TOGETHER - they should not be wet or slippery. Amount of water needed will vary.
  • Form the pastry into smooth ball between cupped hands. Roll out at once. (If it is a very warm day, you wrap the pastry in waxed paper or foil and refrigerate up to 1/2 hour and then roll out.)

SUPER EASY PIE CRUST



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This is a recipe I got from Melissa D'Arabian of the Food Network. Her story is that this recipe was taught to her by her French mother-in-law shortly before her wedding day. I have made this a few times after previously avoiding homemade crust because it was "too hard". This recipe is simple, easy and so good.

Provided by Krista Havens

Categories     Savory Pies

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 sticks butter, chilled and cubed
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
8-10 tbsp ice water

Steps:

  • 1. Put butter, flour and salt into food processor. Pulse until mixture resembles wet sand.
  • 2. Add water 1 tbsp at a time, pulsing after each addition, until dough just comes together.
  • 3. Remove from processor and form into 2 even discs. Put discs into separate resealable plastic bags and chill for at least 30 minutes. Dough can be rolled out on floured surface for pie or used as needed.

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