Baker's Secret Pie Crust
flour, butter, egg yolk, vinegar, sugar
Ingredients
3/4 cup cake flour 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon baking powder 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 5 tablespoons shortening 1 egg yolk 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar 3 cubes ice 1/2 cup cold water
Directions for Baker's Secret Pie Crust Recipe
Measure butter & shortening onto a plate, put into freezer for about 20 minutes. Measure cake flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt and baking powder into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse for a few seconds to mix. Take 1/2 of the cold butter and 1/2 of the cold shortening, put into processor with dry ingredients and pulse off and on for about 1 minute. Scrape down twice while doing this. Take remainder of the cold butter & cold shortening and cut in very briefly with the processor, leaving visible pea-sized chunks. Do not over process at this stage! In a measuring cup, mix egg yolk and vinegar together, add ice cubes and water. Let this get chilled, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove mixed flours and shortening from processor, put into a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle approximately 4 to 5 tablespoons of this egg, water, vinegar mixture, a little at a time, mixing gently with a fork. The key to this is, you do not want a wet dough, and you do not want to overmix. Place this dough into plastic wrap or plastic bag, chill in refrigerator for a few minutes. (May also be frozen for a few weeks at this stage for future use). Remove from refrigerator and roll out. This makes absolutely the BEST pie crusts. I have won County Fair competitions with this pie crust. Double for making a 2-crust pie.
Read the full directions on Allrecipes.com
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Servings
1 deep pie crust
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