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Buttery Pie Crust

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Hirsheimer & Hamilton

This easy dough was created for these tasty blueberry hand pies, but you can use it for just about anything sweet requires a buttery crust.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    2 hours

  • Yield

    1 crust (enough for 6 hand pies) Servings

Ingredients

1½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces

Preparation

  1. Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food proces-sor. Add butter; pulse until the texture of very coarse meal. Add 1/4 cup ice water; pulse, adding more water if dry, until dough comes together in clumps. Form into a square, wrap in plastic, and chill until firm, about 2 hours.

    DO AHEAD: Crust can be made 3 days ahead. Keep chilled. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes before rolling out.

Nutrition Per Serving

6 servings
1 serving contains: Calories (kcal) 230 Fat (g) 15 Saturated Fat (g) 9 Cholesterol (mg) 40 Carbohydrates (g) 22 Dietary Fiber (g) 0 Total Sugars (g) 1 Protein (g) 3 Sodium (mg) 80
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