Deep Dish Pie Crust Recipe | How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust Easily (2024)

Store-bought pie crust will become a thing of the past after trying out ourfavorite recipefor a butteryhomemade deep dish pie crusts- sure to get a nod of approval from even the pickiest of eaters. With four ingredients and a robust flavor, give this recipe a try the next time you’re in the mood forapple pie, peach, orpumpkin pie. This recipe is for a double crust, so if you're making twodouble-crustpierecipes, you will want to double the recipe.

​No matter whatpie recipesyou love, this recipe makes theperfect pie crust. Lay thebottom crustin yourpie dish, top with pie fillings, and top with a secondhomemade pie crust. You're not too far off from digging your fork intoa flaky crustand mouth-watering pie. You can also use thisdeep-dish pie crustrecipe for savory pies likea chicken pot pie.

Only a few things spell comfort after a long day of being out and about in the world: your favorite TV show, loved ones (fur babies included), and sugary stuff, in my case, PIE!

Nothing makes me do the happy dance more than a warm slice of pie. The taste of fresh fruit glazed in a sugary creme and that oh-so-warm flaky golden-brownbutter pie crustsends any funky mood I was experiencing running for the hills.

Sometimes I like to debate with friends and family about which pie is THE pie. Silly, I know, but out of these conversations usually come tips and life-changing cooking hacks that I would have never thought of.

Case in point- the pie crust needs to be as fresh (and crisp) as humanly possible. When it comes to that WOW factor, pie crust has the potential to make or break your dish- literally.

And with the tricks that I learned, I began experimenting with my own WOW factor pie crusts.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

• Preservative and additive-free
• Can be prepared up to 3 days in advanced

What You'll Need

• All-purpose Flour
• Salt
• Butter
• Ice Water

How To Make

1. Grab both a large mixing bowl and a whisk and mix thedry ingredients, the flour, and salt.
2. Once fully blended, add in your butter and blend with a hand blender until the dough resembles small crumbles. You can also use thebowl of a food processor,pastry blender, or apastry cutterto mix the pie dough.
3. Reducing your mixing speed to low, add inenough water1 tablespoon at a time until the dough is nice and smooth.
4. Next, grab a knife and cut your dough ball in half. Remove 1 of the 2 halves from your bowl, and transfer to a lightly floured flat surface such as a clean counter or cutting board.
5. With arolling pin, begin flattening your dough on yourwork surfaceinto a flat round surface. Thenroll doughto about 1/4-inch thickness for ultimate flakiness. This will be about an11-inch circle.
6. Fold the circle in half and then in half again and then transfer to a9-inch pie plate. Straighten thepie shellin the pie plate and trim off any excess pie dough prior to crimping the crust along the edges.

Recipe Tips & Tricks

• Cold butter works best towards giving the dough that bakery-fresh buttered taste
• If you are not pressed for time, then I would suggest chilling the dough before flattening it out and adding your filling

How toBlind BakePie Crust

Blind bakingis very simple, and you should not be intimidated by it. All you simply do is prep and shape your dough and allow it to bake for a bit before there is any filling inside the crust.

There are two important factors forblind baking. First, you can use a fork to prick holes all over the crust to help allow air to escape, or you can usepie weights(thesize of small peas). Second, you can buypie weightsor place someparchment paperin them and then top it with dried beans. I would use both of these steps because it does help keep the pie crust from shaking and prevents the pie crust from shrinking.

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