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Recipe Summary
prep: 40 mins
total: 40 mins
Yield: One 9-inch crust
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Ingredients
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for rolling
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 to 4 tablespoons ice water
Cook's Notes
To freeze: Wrap in plastic and foil; freeze up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator.
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Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary
prep: 40 mins
total: 40 mins
Yield: One 9-inch crust
med104169_1108_piecrust.jpg
Gallery
Read the full recipe after the video.
Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary
prep: 40 mins
total: 40 mins
Yield: One 9-inch crust
Recipe Summary
prep: 40 mins
total: 40 mins
Yield: One 9-inch crust
prep: 40 mins
total: 40 mins
prep:
40 mins
total:
Yield: One 9-inch crust
One 9-inch crust
med104169_1108_piecrust.jpg
med104169_1108_piecrust.jpg
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for rolling
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 2 to 4 tablespoons ice water
Directions
In a food processor, briefly pulse flour, salt, and sugar. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons ice water. Pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed (if necessary, add up to 2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon at a time). Dont overmix.
Turn dough out onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Fold plastic over dough; press to shape into a 1-inch-thick disk. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or up to 3 days).
On a floured piece of parchment paper, roll dough to a 14-inch round with a floured rolling pin. Wrap dough around rolling pin, discarding paper; unroll over a 9-inch pie plate (opposite). Gently fit into bottom and up sides of plate (do not stretch dough).
Using kitchen shears, trim dough to a 1-inch overhang. Fold under itself to form a rim, and press to seal. Using thumb and forefinger, crimp rim of crust. Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 1 day.
Cook's Notes
To freeze: Wrap in plastic and foil; freeze up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator.
Cook’s Notes
To freeze: Wrap in plastic and foil; freeze up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator.
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184 Ratings
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Reviews (7)
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184 Ratings
5 star values:
35
4 star values:
36
3 star values:
73
2 star values:
34
1 star values:
6
Add Rating & Review
184 Ratings
5 star values:
35
4 star values:
36
3 star values:
73
2 star values:
34
1 star values:
6
184 Ratings
5 star values:
35
4 star values:
36
3 star values:
73
2 star values:
34
1 star values:
6
184 Ratings
5 star values:
35
4 star values:
36
3 star values:
73
2 star values:
34
1 star values:
6
- 5 star values:
- 35
- 4 star values:
- 36
- 3 star values:
- 73
- 2 star values:
- 34
- 1 star values:
- 6
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
10/07/2018
easy to make and tastes great
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
02/26/2017
Easy to make, I used as a base for my piecaken and it held up well!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 4 stars
06/12/2014
I made it. It was great, easy to make, easy to work with. I don't have a food processor so I used my hand mixer. It works. Thanks for this simple and good recipe. I made my banana cream pie and it was DELICIOUS!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/24/2011
The first time I tried this, I didn't add enough water and the dough cracked when I formed it in a disc. I made this again today and ended up using 4 Tbls water. Came together perfectly! Taste so much better than pre-made. I'm never buying store-bought again!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
01/31/2011
What if you don't have a food processor? The last time I made this I tried mashing the butter into the flower and my pie crust tasted like a moist cracker. Additionally, Martha, you give no baking time or heat requirements. WTH?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/24/2010
I see chucklyn likes this recipe and says it is easy. At first I thought it might be a Pate Sucree, but after checking it is not as sweet, which suits me perfectly. I am not a baker, never learned the simplest of stuff, so I really need an easy pie crust. Maybe next year I will try this....... gettting fat just dreaming of a pie.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/28/2010
Too easy!!! It is the easiest pie crust I have ever made and delicious too!! You can't go wrong!!!!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
10/07/2018
easy to make and tastes great
Rating: 5 stars
Rating: Unrated
02/26/2017
Easy to make, I used as a base for my piecaken and it held up well!
Rating: Unrated
Rating: 4 stars
06/12/2014
I made it. It was great, easy to make, easy to work with. I don't have a food processor so I used my hand mixer. It works. Thanks for this simple and good recipe. I made my banana cream pie and it was DELICIOUS!
Rating: 4 stars
Rating: Unrated
12/24/2011
The first time I tried this, I didn't add enough water and the dough cracked when I formed it in a disc. I made this again today and ended up using 4 Tbls water. Came together perfectly! Taste so much better than pre-made. I'm never buying store-bought again!
Rating: Unrated
01/31/2011
What if you don't have a food processor? The last time I made this I tried mashing the butter into the flower and my pie crust tasted like a moist cracker. Additionally, Martha, you give no baking time or heat requirements. WTH?
Rating: Unrated
12/24/2010
I see chucklyn likes this recipe and says it is easy. At first I thought it might be a Pate Sucree, but after checking it is not as sweet, which suits me perfectly. I am not a baker, never learned the simplest of stuff, so I really need an easy pie crust. Maybe next year I will try this....... gettting fat just dreaming of a pie.
Rating: Unrated
09/28/2010
Too easy!!! It is the easiest pie crust I have ever made and delicious too!! You can't go wrong!!!!
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