Unfold and ease the dough round into the bottom of the pie pan without stretching it.
Pie dough mixer.
12 tablespoons 1 1 2 sticks very cold unsalted butter.
For years the stand mixer was my go to method for making pie crust especially when using room temperature butter.
To make a double crust pie.
3 cups all purpose flour.
Roll out the other dough ball and cut a second 12 inch round to be used as the top crust.
By chris morocc o.
The case for making pie crust in a stand mixer.
Otherwise your pie crust will be less than desired.
There s plenty to use in this basic pie dough recipe.
The goal for this recipe is to use the attachment that will cut through the butter.
1 3 cup very cold vegetable shortening.
Homemade pie crust is a truly magical thing.
I repeat do not over mix your dough.
Lightly dust the top of the dough or the rolling pin with flour as needed then roll out into a round at least 12 inches in diameter and about 1 8 inch thick.
This will make the crust.
Fold the dough in half slide the outspread fingers of both hands under the dough and gently lift it and transfer it to the pie pan.
Makes enough dough for one 9 inch single crust pie or one 10 inch galette.
Double the recipe cut the dough in half and pat each half into a round flat disk.
The vast majority of pie crust recipes including those here on our recipe site direct you to combine the dry ingredients then work the fat in using a pastry blender pastry fork two knives or your hands.
The pie crust dough shall never reach a temperature above 60 f 16 c.
Is it a good idea to make pie crust using a stand mixer.
It yields either one double crust pie or two single crust for apple pies pumpkin pies sweet potato pies pecan pies and more.
1 teaspoon kosher salt.
Stand mixer pie crust.
But if you have a stand mixer or food processor and a few minutes to try it out this pie crust is actually super easy to make yourself and totally worth it.
Che fico pastry chef angela pinkerton shares the foolproof method she relies on for fast and flaky crust.
For many years in my baking i used store bought pie crust and i still don t have anything against store bought crust if time is a factor.
You got to get the technique right.
It yields either one double crust pie or two single crust for apple pies pumpkin pies sweet potato pies pecan pies and more.