Pie Crust

Ingredients

Sift flour with salt. Remove 1/3 cup of this mixture.

Cut butter into flour with a pastry cutter until mixture resembles sand. Don’t worry too much if there are some larger chunks.

Combine reserved 1/3 cup from step 1 with 1/4 cup ice cold water to form a paste.

Mix paste into crumb mixture. Be careful not to over-work. You will be able to form the whole mixture into a ball, but the outside may flake off.

Store covered pie crust in the refrigerator for up to 3 days before using, or form directly into pie tins and freeze for a week or more.

Notes: Recipe makes enough for 1 pie with top crust, or two pies with no top crust.

This does not do well pre-baked unless you properly weight it. Fill unbaked crust with filling and bake at 350F for 30 mins for a pie and 15 mins for tarts.