Favorite Pie Crust
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January 19, 2025
super easy
My mother-in-law has passed down the most amazing pie crust recipe to her kids and grandkids. We just updated it a little bit with einkorn flour and beef tallow. YOU GUYS- still as amazing as her original.
Looking for a new pie crust? You have to try this one.
Favorite Pie Crust
Servings: 12
Equipment
- 1 pastry cutter
Ingredients
Crumble Together
- 3 3/4 cup Einkorn flour
- 1 1/4 cup Beef tallow
Add in after crumbled
- 1 Egg (whisked)
- 1 tsp Distilled white vinegar
- 5 tbsp Cold water
- 1/8 tsp Pink himalayan salt
Instructions
- In a bowl with a pastry cutter, crumble together the3 3/4 cup Einkorn flour and 1 1/4 cup Beef tallow.
- Pour in the 1 Egg whisked, 1 tsp Distilled white vinegar,5 tbsp Cold water and 1/8 tsp Pink himalayan salt
- Knead until combined- don't over knead. Divide into 3 balls
- Wrap each ball in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 45 minutes.
- Remove from the refrigerator and let rest just a few minutes.
- Sprinkle a tea towel with flour. Place another tea towel on top. With a rolling pin roll out the dough between the two towels.
- Use as pie crust in your favorite recipes.
Notes
FREEZE
- When you roll it into the plastic wrap, instead of placing it in the refrigerator place it in a freezer safe ziploc and store in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Thaw
- Place in the refrigerator the night before you would like to use the dough.
Troubleshooting dough
- Make sure you are working the dough when it is cold. If it is crumbly, add in more ice cold water a few splashes at a time along with a little flour. Humidity plays a huge part in making dough.
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