Grandmother's Super Flaky Pie Crust

"This pie crust is delicious for all pies. with all the butter in it, this crust always bakes perfectly, and is never tough. i got this from my Grandmother. The secret to this flaky, buttery soft pie crust is all in the margarine."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
3
Yields:
2 pie crusts
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ingredients

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directions

  • preheat oven to 350 F degrees (Fahreinheit).
  • pour flour into medium bowl, add margarine using pastry blender (or crisscrossing with knives) until lumps are slightly smaller than pea-size.
  • Add water. mix gently with fork until dough comes away from the sides of bowl. (you may need more water) be very gentle, and try not to mix too much.
  • transfer half of dough to a sheet of wax paper lightly sprinkled with flour. sprinkle a little flour onto top of pie dough.
  • cover pie dough with another sheet of wax paper.
  • roll out so the pie crust is level, and not too thick in one place, or too thin in another. (about 11 or 12 inches in diameter).
  • peel off top layer of wax paper from dough, and place pie pan on top of dough. carefully slide your hand underneath bottom layer of wax paper, and flip.
  • Then,carefully peel the wax paper from pie dough, and ease into pan.
  • repeat steps 4-8 with other half of dough.
  • Bake for 15 min, or so or until golden brown in color.
  • Fill with any pie filling!

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Reviews

  1. i have to say this was very easy i tend to have problems with my crust but not with this recipe. I'm making pot pies tonight and this recipe was perfect for it, thank you
     
  2. This was really an test-run for me 'cause I've never used margarine in a pie crust! I cut the recipe in half for just one pie & couldn't believe what A GREAT PIE CRUST I'd made! And, since I knew most of it would be eaten once finished, I filled the shell with some of my own Pumpkin Pudding ~ Oh, so nice! Thanks for a great pie crust recipe keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adopted chefs in the current Pick A Chef]
     
  3. Man I wanted this easy peasy recipe to work for a quickie cobbler but it just did not. Needs salt something fierce. I wish had went with my gut instinct on that one. I will stick to the pain in the butt pie crust recipes moving forward. However I do want to revisit this one. Maybe when I have extra ingredients on hand I will share if I do. Thanks for the recipe.
     
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