All-Butter Pie Dough

Name: All-Butter Pie Dough
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1.25 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; 0.5 teaspoon kosher salt; 0.5 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed; 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water, as needed

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Five ingredients and 10 minutes are all you need to make this staple baking recipe.

Anna Theoktisto

Published on October 23, 2022

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Active Time:

10 mins

Chill Time:

30 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Yield:

1 pie crust

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
3 to 4 tablespoons ice water, as needed

Directions

Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor until just combined, about 3 pulses. With processor running, add cubed butter through food chute, processing until some pea-size pieces of butter remain, about 10 seconds. Add water through food chute, 1 tablespoon at a time as needed, pulsing until dough just begins to clump together, about 10 pulses.
Transfer dough to a work surface, and knead until it just holds together, about 3 times. Shape into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill until firm, at least 30 minutes or up to 3 days.