Flaky and Foolproof: The Ultimate All-Purpose Butter Crust Recipe for Sweet & Savory Pies

Get ahead on your holiday baking! Try this bulk all butter crust that will keep in the freezer until you're ready.

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My gift to you!

I use this recipe for my gourmet holiday desserts, but that's not all. This flaky pastry is perfect for hand pies, pot pies, ice box pies or whatever else you tend to fill up your pie shell. Give this 5-10 minute recipe a try in your down time, before you do grab a few tools you might be missing in your kitchen linked in the pictures below ⤵️

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The Recipe...

All-Purpose Pie Crust

Yields at least four 9" pie crusts

Ingredients

1lb 6oz AP Flour

2 tsp Salt

18oz Unsalted Butter -cubed & chilled

8oz Ice Water

Method

Begin by gathering, weighing and sorting out the four ingredients listed above. In a stand mixture pour the flour, salt, cubed and chilled butter into the bowl. On low begin to mix for 2-5 minutes. You'll know when to move on to the next step once the butter and flour form a smaller than pea sized texture that'll clump together in your hand. Take a moment to scrape the sides of the bowl before adding the cup of ice water. Let it mix until to dough pulls away from the bowl and incorporates. Divide the pie dough into fourths, tightly wrap in plastic, label and freeze. If you plan on using it right away then chill for about 20 minutes before rolling out your crust.

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A few things to keep in mind...

• This particular dough will be slightly "wetter". Just know that's by design. Be sure to work the mixture until it just comes together. The striation of small pats of butter is perfect 👍

• Before rolling out your crust, generously flour your work surface to insure nothing sticks. BUT you don't want clumps of flour anywhere on your finished bake, so brush off all excess flour before winning your baking tin.

• You can use this recipe for both sweet and savory applications. I recommend making a pot pie with Thanksgiving leftovers 🤙

• No need to blind bake this boy, just adjust your pie's position to the bottom rack about 2/3rds of the way through the designated cook time.

• Don't forget to brush your top crust with either egg wash or cream, sugar or herbed salt for that perfect golden brown finish👌

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That's it, for now!

I hope you find this recipe useful. If so comment, pass it along or share on social media and tag me, @chefbflint or @bzzboxes! As always, eat well my friends 🫶🏽