Community Pick
Pie Crust
"Here are every kind of pie crust you would ever want to make, and the best homemade crusts you will ever taste"
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Yields:
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2 pie crusts
ingredients
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ONE CRUST PIE
- 1⁄3 cup Crisco
- 1 teaspoon Crisco
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 -3 tablespoons cold water
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BUTTER PIE CRUST
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup cold water
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VINEGAR PIE CRUST
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1⁄3 cups Crisco
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 6 teaspoons water
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
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FRIED PIE CRUST
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup Crisco
- 1 teaspoon Crisco
- 1 egg
- 1⁄3 cup cold water
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
directions
- Cut crisco into flour and salt.
- Add cold water and mix (except for the vinegar and fried piecrust you add the egg and vinegar and water).
- ---------VINEGARPIE CRUST ---------.
- Mix everything together and roll out on floured surface.
- cut crisco into flour and salt.
- Add egg, water and vinegar.
- ----------FRIEDPIE CRUST --------.
- Cut flour into crisco and salt, add egg, water, and vinegar.
- Mix well and roll out on floured surface.
- Add the filling of your choice and fry in hot oil.
- Drain on papertowels.
Questions & Replies
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Can I use butter instead of Crisco in the vinegar recipe?
Reviews
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The vinegar pie crust is a no-fail crust, you cannot go wrong even if you try. I have used it for years and women who have been the pie queens forever have asked me for the recipe. Men will worship you for the great pies it makes. -
The butter pie crust says 1-2 cups flour, that is alot of difference. I am hesitant to try that one. You should try to be more precise on it, for our sakes.
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The butter pie crust turned out very well for me even though I am not very experienced and making pie crusts. -
Awesome! i made the vinegar pie crust and the butter, both for a strawberry rhubarb pie. Everyone RAVED about the vinegar, more to than the butter, so tonight, i will be making the vinegar crust again =] Thank you for the awesome recipes! -
This recipe is amazing. My pie crusts in the past tended to become grainy and ashy, but this one was substantial and flaky and smelled amazing. I made roasted veg quiche using the butter crust variation, and baked the crust until it was not floppy (as the quiche recipe called for a prebaked), then poured the wet ingredients in. The crust holds up extremely well when taken out of the pan, and also stayed crisp and flaky after refrigerating the quiche overnight and microwaving.<br/><br/>I varied slightly in the butter crust recipe: all I had was salted butter, so I omitted the salt and it came out perfectly seasoned (I would still be able to use it in a fruit pie). I also might not have used perfect measurements, but it seems the recipe is solid enough to perform well even with slight variation.<br/><br/>By far the best crust recipe I've ever used - thank you so much Paula!
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Tweaks
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This pie crust make 2 full crusts - top AND bottom. I did the vinegar one and substituted 1/3 of the Crisco with butter...turned out great=) Thanks! -
I made the one crust pie for a fresh strawberry pie. It was so easy to make and tasted great. I used margarine instead of crisco but kept the amounts the same.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
paula giles
tecumseh, ok
Hello everyone,
My name is Paula, I'm 40 years old, married 18 yrs. and have 3 children, 1 bird and Rocky the ferret. I love them all.
I also love to cook and look and new and different recipes. I am in college full time working on my bachelors degree in Nursing Science. Hope you enjoy my recipes and I would love to hear what you think about them or just to share a recipe with me. Bye for now, your fellow food lover.
