# Pie Crust Recipe

This recipe guides you through making a buttery, flaky, and easy pie crust from scratch, perfect for any pie.

- Total time: 120 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2.5 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 TSP salt
- 1 TSP sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 12 TBS ice water
- apple filling

## Instructions

1. Add all-purpose flour to a large bowl.
2. Add salt to the flour.
3. Add sugar to the flour.
4. Mix all dry ingredients together using a whisk.
5. Add grated and frozen butter to the dry ingredients.
6. Fold and combine the butter and dry ingredients using a spatula or a fork.
7. Add ice water to the mixture, one tablespoon at a time, combining after each addition.
8. Continue combining the mixture until it forms a dough.
9. Cut the dough in half.
10. Form each half into a ball.
11. Wrap each dough ball in plastic wrap and let them rest in the fridge overnight or for 2 hours.
12. Unwrap one dough ball.
13. Roll out the pie dough on a flat surface.
14. Transfer the rolled-out dough to a pie dish.
15. Fill the pie crust with your desired filling, such as apple filling.
16. Roll out the second dough ball.
17. Cut the second dough into strips.
18. Weave the dough strips over the pie filling to create a lattice top.
19. Bake the pie until golden brown.
20. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- fork
- knife
- saran wrap
- rolling pin
- pie dish

## Tips

- freeze and grate the butter to make it easy to combine
- let the dough rest overnight or for 2 hours

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSHA4MVS6/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ddaa616b-17d8-45e5-aac8-3b974791e753
- Extracted: 2026-04-05

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