Mushroom Free All-Butter Pie Crust
A truly great pie starts with the crust, and this all-butter version delivers that perfectly flaky, golden, melt-in-your-mouth base that makes every filling shine. Five simple pantry staples are all you need — flour, salt, sugar, butter, and ice water — so there's nothing hidden or unexpected in the mix. The key is keeping the butter cold and working it in just enough to leave those pea-sized pieces intact, because that's exactly what creates the delicate, layered texture once it hits the oven. Resting the dough in the refrigerator lets the gluten relax and the butter firm back up, which makes rolling it out smooth and stress-free. For anyone avoiding fungi-derived additives or ingredients that sometimes sneak into commercial pastry products, making your crust from scratch like this puts you completely in control. The result is a beautifully crimped shell that's ready to hold whatever filling you love most, sweet or savory.
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8 servings
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes and chilled
- 3–4 tbsp ice water
Instructions
- 1
Whisk together the flour, salt, and sugar in a large mixing bowl until combined.
- 2
Add the chilled butter cubes to the flour mixture and work them in with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized butter pieces still visible throughout.
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