Simple Pie Crust Recipe with Shortening
This homemade pie crust is easy and creates a light, flakey, buttery pie crust that pairs perfect with all pie filling! Follow this step by step tutorial.
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 266kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups of flour
- 1 ⅓ cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Ice cold water
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients.
- Cut shortening into dry ingredients using butter knives and criss cross them or a pastry cutter.
- Slowly pour in ice cold water and mix until dough pulls away from sides. Keep cutting until it forms a tight ball.
- Divide into 4 balls and roll out. Make top dough circles thinner.
- Fold dough into halves to transfer without ripping.
- Bake at 425° F for 15 minutes if cooking by itself or follow instructions for your pie recipe to bake with a filling.
Notes
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- Keep the dough chilled until you're ready to use it. It's also easier to work with when it is cold. While you are working with one ball, refrigerate or freeze remaining dough balls while you work with one dough ball at a time.
- Don't handle the dough too much. You want to work with it just enough to roll it out and shape it but too much activity may cause it to toughen up.
- Ice cold water is essential. It keeps the shortening chilled so that it mixes with the flour just enough to be crumbly. You should be able to see the little pieces of shortening in your pie crust. As you cook your pie crust it will melt and form little pockets of air which is what makes your crust flaky.
Nutrition
Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 147mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg