Easy Pie Crust (3 Ingredients + Water)

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Easy Pie Crust (3 Ingredients + Water)

Flaky, buttery, and takes only a few minutes.

✅ Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups (155 g) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (115 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 3–5 tbsp ice water

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients

In a bowl, combine:

  • Flour
  • Salt

2. Cut in the butter

Add the cold cubed butter.
Use a pastry cutter or your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour until mixture looks like coarse crumbs with some pea-sized chunks of butter remaining.
(These chunks make it flaky.)

3. Add ice water

Drizzle in 3 tbsp of ice water.
Mix gently with a fork.
Add more water (1 tbsp at a time) until the dough just comes together and can be pressed into a ball.

4. Form and chill

Form the dough into a disk, wrap it, and chill for 30 minutes.
(Helps it roll out easily and stay flaky.)

5. Roll out

Roll on a lightly floured surface until it’s slightly larger than your pie dish.

6. Use in your recipe

  • For pre-baking (blind bake): Bake 12–15 minutes at 375°F (190°C) with pie weights.
  • For filled pies: Fill and bake according to your pie recipe.

⭐ Tips for Success

  • Butter must be cold, not soft.
  • Handle dough as little as possible.
  • If dough cracks when rolling, let it sit at room temp 5 minutes.
  • For extra flavor, add 1 tsp sugar for sweet pies.

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