AuthorGrandmaRecipe for 1-9" pie pan. This is so easy, especially if you have a food processor. It turns out every time. I think it is easiest to roll out the dough between two pieces of plastic wrap because it is so easy to remove, explanation below.
If you have a food processor - put flour and salt in food processor. Take butter immediately from the refrigerator and cut into chunks and throw into the food processor, pulse a few times until mixture is crumbly. Then pour in 1T milk and pulse again until combined. Try not to handle the dough very much as you remove it from the food processor as your warm hands will heat the cold ingredients and decrease the butter pockets which make the crust flaky.
You can make this recipe without a food processor by cutting in the cold butter with a pastry cutter or with a fork. This takes quite a bit more time than with a food processor.
This is how Andrea rolls out the dough..
Put ball of dough between two long pieces of saran wrap and roll out to approximately 1/8" thin. While rolling you can take off the saran wrap and readjust the shape - it is so easy to peel off. Once rolled out to approximately a 9 1/2" round, you can peel off one layer of saran wrap and flip the dough into the pie plate. Once placed properly, you can peel off the other piece of saran wrap and make some kind of pie crust edging - such as pinch the dough between two fingers of one hand and indent that dough with a finger from your other hand (google it if you don't know how). I never chill the dough before rolling, I find this makes the process so agonizing. Instead you can chill the crust while you make the pie filling.
Ingredients
Directions
If you have a food processor - put flour and salt in food processor. Take butter immediately from the refrigerator and cut into chunks and throw into the food processor, pulse a few times until mixture is crumbly. Then pour in 1T milk and pulse again until combined. Try not to handle the dough very much as you remove it from the food processor as your warm hands will heat the cold ingredients and decrease the butter pockets which make the crust flaky.
You can make this recipe without a food processor by cutting in the cold butter with a pastry cutter or with a fork. This takes quite a bit more time than with a food processor.
This is how Andrea rolls out the dough..
Put ball of dough between two long pieces of saran wrap and roll out to approximately 1/8" thin. While rolling you can take off the saran wrap and readjust the shape - it is so easy to peel off. Once rolled out to approximately a 9 1/2" round, you can peel off one layer of saran wrap and flip the dough into the pie plate. Once placed properly, you can peel off the other piece of saran wrap and make some kind of pie crust edging - such as pinch the dough between two fingers of one hand and indent that dough with a finger from your other hand (google it if you don't know how). I never chill the dough before rolling, I find this makes the process so agonizing. Instead you can chill the crust while you make the pie filling.
