Easy Pie Dough Recipe

Making pie dough at home doesn’t have to be intimidating. This easy pie dough recipe focuses on simple ingredients, proper technique and minimal handling to give you a buttery, flaky crust every time.

🥧 Why This Recipe Works

This method simplifies traditional pie crust-making by ensuring:

• A tender, flaky texture
• Easy handling for beginners
• No special equipment required

The foundation of any pie dough is simple flour, fat, and water with small additions like salt and sugar for flavor.
Using cold butter and minimal mixing helps create flaky layers and prevents toughness.

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🧾 Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup (2½ sticks / 280g) cold unsalted butter (cut into cubes)
• 6 tbsp ice-cold water

👉 These proportions are commonly used to yield enough dough for one double-crust pie or two single crusts.

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👩‍🍳 Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Mix Dry Ingredients

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt until evenly combined.

2. Add Cold Butter

Add cubed cold butter and toss to coat with flour.
Use your fingers or a pastry cutter to press butter into the flour until you get a mix of:

• Small crumbs
• Some larger flat chunks (important for flakiness)

3. Add Cold Water

Sprinkle in ice-cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
Gently mix until the dough just comes together—don’t overwork it.

4. Form Dough

Divide into two portions, flatten into disks, and wrap in plastic.

5. Chill the Dough

Refrigerate for at least 1–2 hours.
This allows gluten to relax and butter to firm up, improving texture.

6. Roll Out

Roll the chilled dough on a floured surface into a circle about 12 inches wide.

7. Transfer to Pie Dish

Place dough into your pie pan, press gently and trim edges.

8. Use as Needed

• Fill and bake for double-crust pies
• Blind bake for single-crust pies

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🔥 Pro Tips for Perfect Pie Dough

• Keep everything cold but workable, temperature affects texture significantly.
• Don’t overmix; it develops gluten and makes the crust tough
• Leave visible butter chunks for flakiness
• Butter is the best fat for flavor and texture balance

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🥗 Nutritional Information (Per Serving – approx. 1 slice crust)

Values are approximate and vary based on portion size and ingredients.