The Only Pie Crust You'll Ever Need
## Details
- ⏲️ Prep time: 15 mins
- 🍳 Cook time: 15 mins
- 🍽️ Servings: 2 - 9" crusts
## Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups pastry flour
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
- 3 Tbsp white sugar
- 1/4 cup ice cold shortening, cut into smal cubes
- 3/4 cup frozen unsalted butter, grated
- 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup cold club soda, or sparking water, or 7up etc.
## Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt and sugar. Add the shortening and break it up with your hands as you start to coat it all up with the flour.
2. Add the cold butter cubes and work it into the flour with your hands or a pastry cutter. Work it quickly, so the butter doesn’t get too soft, until the mixture is crumbly, like very coarse cornmeal.
3. Add the ice water, a little at a time, until the mixture comes together forming a dough and bring the dough together into a ball.
4. When it comes together stop working it otherwise the dough will get over-worked and tough. Divide the dough in half and flatten it slightly to form a disk shape.
5. Wrap each disk in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 48 hours.
6. On a floured surface roll each disk out into a 10 to 11-inch circle to make a 9-inch pie.
7. Crush Thanksgiving!
