Flaky Pie Dough

Name: Flaky Pie Dough
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled); 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt; 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1/4 cup ice water

Recipe photo courtesy of Con Poulos

Use this pie dough recipe to make our Butternut Squash and Bacon Quiche or Chicken and Kale Hand Pies with Cheddar Crust.

Source: Everyday Food, November 2010

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup ice water

Directions

1. In a food processor, pulse flour and salt to combine. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons ice water; pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed (if necessary, add up to 2 tablespoons more water, 1 tablespoon at a time). Form dough into a 1-inch-thick rectangle, wrap tightly in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, 1 hour (or up to 3 days).