Name: Pie Doughs
Yield: Makes 1 9-inch piecrust with lattice
Ingredients: 2¾ cups all-purpose flour; ½ vanilla bean; 5 to 6 tablespoons ice-cold water; 8 ounces (16 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter; Pinch of salt; 2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1
9 inch piecrust with lattice

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 2003

About

Large, flat-bottomed coffee filters also work well as liners for prebaking tart and pie shells. Place the filter on top of the dough, making sure it is against the sides. Fill with dried beans or dried rice instead of pie weights, and then bake. Pie weights are more expensive.

Ingredients

Pie Dough

2¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch

Method

To Make the Dough by Hand

Combine the flour, sugar, salt, and butter. Cut the vanilla bean in half lengthwise. Scrape out the seeds and add them to the flour mixture; reserve the bean for another use. Using 2 knives or a pastry blender, mix together until the butter is pea sized. Pour the ice-cold water into the flour and mix just until the dough comes toge