A step-by-step photo tutorial for how to make a pie crust — either 100% by hand or with the help of a food processor — featuring my favorite all-butter homemade pie crust recipe.
I hope that your holiday baking seasons are off to a delicious start! I have two new (naturally-sweetened) pie recipes coming your way later this week that I’m pretty excited about. But before we get to those, I thought we could go back to the basics today with a quick refresher on how to make pie crust…
…featuring my go-to, all-butter, perfectly-flaky, easy-to-make, always-delicious homemade pie crust recipe. ♡
As someone who used to be completely intimidated by the art of making pie crust from scratch, I’m here today to assure you that homemade pie crust is genuinely much simpler than you might think. All you need are 5 easy ingredients to make pie crust — flour, butter, salt, sugar (optional) and ice water — plus about 15 minutes of active prep time if you would like to make this recipe completely by hand. (Or less than 10 minutes of active prep time if you happen to own a food processor, which makes this recipe even easier.) Then the most delicious, golden, buttery, flaky homemade pie crust will be ready to bake up in no time.
I initially shared this recipe here on the blog six years ago when I was first venturing into the world of pie crust baking. And now, dozens and dozens of pies later, I’ve given this post a big update today with all of the best pie-making tips and tricks I’ve learned in my kitchen since. I’ve also added new photos detailing how to make pie crust either by hand or with a food processor, so that you can have a visual for whichever method you prefer. Plus lots of my favorite pie recipes for some tasty inspiration.
So whether this is your very first time making pie crust or your fiftieth, grab your rolling pins and let’s make some pie crust together!
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