All Butter Pie Crust Recipe

A golden brown pie on a white countertop.

5 from 9 votes

You can't go wrong with an all butter pie crust. Whether you are making double crust pies filled with sweet fruit, a single crust pie filled with custard, or even a savory chicken pot pie for dinner, this is the perfect pie crust recipe to use!

Prep Time10

Total Time2 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: all butter pie crust

Servings: servings

Author: Lisa Bass

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter cold and cubed
1/2 cup ice water plus more if needed to make it come together

Instructions

Mix flour and salt together.
Add cold cubed butter to the flour mixture and mix in using a fork, pastry blender, or food processor until completely combined and resembles sand.
Add in ice water until mixture until the dough comes together.
Roll into two flat disks. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Roll out on a lightly floured surface, place in a pie pan, fill with pie filling, top and bake per recipe.

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Notes

Try to use your hands as little as possible. If you warm the dough up it is not as flakey.
This recipe can be used for sweet or savory pies like chicken or ground beef pot pie.
Make sure you use cold water and not room temperature or warm water. This helps keeps the butter cold, which will give you that signature flaky pie crust once baked.
If you are making a pie recipe that requires a blind bake of the crust, I recommend using parchment paper and pie weights to ensure your crust keeps its shape. You can also use dried beans if you do not have weights.

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