This savory master dough recipe works for the following four pies. To make this dough without a food processor, use your fingers or a pastry cutter to work the butter into the flour.
Ingredients
Makes enough for two 9-10" single crust pies or 8 hand pies
Step 1
Pulse flour and salt in a food processor to combine. Pulse in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal with pieces of butter still visible, about 20 pulses.
Step 2
Combine vinegar and 1/2 cup ice water in a measuring cup. Pulsing, drizzle in vinegar mixture; pulse until dough just holds together when squeezed (it should still be crumbly), about 10 pulses.
Step 3
Turn out dough and divide in half. Place each half on a sheet of plastic wrap and use plastic to press into disks. Wrap and chill until firm, about 2 hours.
Step 4
Do ahead: Dough can be chilled 3 days ahead. Or, freeze up to 2 months.
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Reviews (3)
Back to TopI have made this easy pie dough several times now. Did a Blueberry Pie and also have used it for chicken pot pie several times now. Turns out excellent every time.
canadiens1
Coldstream, BC, Canada
10/16/2018
I've made this several times now, both for savory and for sweet applications. It works well for either - doesn't add any sweetness, of course. I use less water than this calls for - just about 1/4 cup, then add ice, then vinegar. I never use all of the liquid in the crust. I've also subbed up to half the flour by weight with whole wheat flour for savory pies, which has turned out well. It is very flaky, so careful with blind baking - it has stuck to the paper under the weights for me. It's a very easy crust, though, that seems to turn out well even with a little less care than a short crust generally requires.
birgitlh
Philadelphia, PA
6/19/2017
It's really simple and looks like a dozen other recipes I have for quiche / meat pie crust but, for some reason, this one worked perfectly for me. Crisp and surprisingly flaky. Maybe it was just my lucky day for pastry, but I'm keeping this as my basic recipe for this sort of thing.
darwin158
Toronto, ON
9/20/2015
