Warren Brown

Flaky Butter Crust

Preparation info
  • Makes

    18

    ounces , enough for one 9- to 10-inch double-crust pie
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pie Love
Pie Love

By Warren Brown

Published 2013

  • About

This crust is reliable, easy to work with, and delicious. The ratio of butter to flour and water makes it a dense but very flaky crust. I also like it because there’s nothing particularly tricky about making this dough. It’s my default crust and can be used for any recipe in this book.

Ingredients

Unbleached all-purpose flour 2 cups (10

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. Add the flour, sugar, and salt to the work bowl of a food processor and run it for at least 30 seconds.
  3. Stop the processor and add the butter all at once.
  4. Pulse in the butter until the mixture resembles fi