Serves 1
Directions
- 1Cut four sticks of butter into cubes and freeze them overnight.
- 2Add five cups of all-purpose flour to a large mixing bowl.
- 3Add the frozen butter to the flour and coat it.
- 4Work the butter into the flour using hands or a food processor, ensuring everything stays cold.
- 5Add a little over a cup of ice water to the mixture to prevent the butter from warming up.
- 6Cut and stack the dough repeatedly to create buttery, flaky layers.
- 7Separate the dough into two pieces and wrap them in plastic wrap.
- 8Refrigerate the wrapped dough for a minimum of one hour, or overnight, after flattening them into discs.
- 9Roll out the dough to the desired thickness.
- 10Use a roller to transfer the crust onto the pie pan.
- 11Trim the excess dough from the edges of the pie pan.
- 12Tuck the remaining dough under and use knuckles to crimp the edges of the pie crust.
- 13Dock the pie crust with a fork.
- 14Freeze the pie crust overnight.
Ingredients
- 4 sticks butter
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup ice water
Equipment
cutting boardknifelarge mixing bowlfood processorplastic wraprolling pinpie panfork
Tips
- When working butter into flour, everything must stay cold to ensure buttery, flaky layers.
- Flatten dough into discs before refrigerating to prevent cracking when rolling out later.
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