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blind baked pie crust

Buttery, All-purpose Food Processor Pie Crust

Jani H. Leuschel
Here is an easy recipe for a buttery, tender pie dough that uses the food processor to do most of the work. It tastes great with a fruit or cream pie filling, but it's also a delicious choice for a quiche or pot pie!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Course Dessert, Entrees, Mains
Cuisine ------
Servings 8
Calories 347 kcal

Equipment

  • Food processor, bowls, knives, measuring cups, measuring spoons

Ingredients
  

  • cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • cups white flour all-purpose
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup shortening butter flavor, cut into chunks
  • ½ cup butter unsalted, cubed
  • ½ cup ice water approximately

Instructions
 

  • Pour dry ingredients into the bowl of the food processor. Pulse about 3 times to blend.
    pie crust ingredient pic
  • Add chunked or cubed pieces of butter and shortening to the dry ingredients. Pulse several times to cut the fat into small, grainy pieces with the flour and salt.
  • Add 2 Tablespoons of the ice water. (You can simply pour it through the feed tube, but I like to remove the lid so that I can distribute it more evenly with fewer pulses.)
    Continue to add ice water 1 Tablespoon at a time, pulsing to blend. Watch your dough carefully here. As soon as it begins to clump together, it is finished. Do not add any more ice water or your dough will toughen.
    (In the video below, you can see how I add the last bit of ice water with a teaspoon rather than a Tablespoon as the dough is just beginning to come together!)
  • Remove dough from the food processor into a medium bowl. Gently, shape it into a ball with as little handling as possible.
  • Cut the dough in half and place one half on a piece of wax paper or plastic wrap. Shape into a disc. Repeat with the other half. Refrigerate the discs for at least one hour.
    (You can also put these into the freezer to have ready for another day.)
    Before rolling, let the discs sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes.

Video

Notes

It's very important that all your ingredients are as cold as possible! 🥶🧊
This is especially true for the chunks of butter and shortening. After cutting them up, put them back in the fridge or freezer until you're ready to drop them into the food processor. Heck, you can even put your food processor bowl and blade into the refrigerator for some chillin' time before using. 
And if you don't have enough fridge real estate for the bowl, just chill the metal blade. Every little bit helps, and metal will stay cold for longer than the plastic bowl!
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Nutrition

Calories: 347kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 5gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 74mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 356IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 2mg
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