This is an excellent pie shell recipe, it comes out perfectly, and doesn’t have any exotic ingredients. This is my go to recipe for making a homemade pie shell.
Martha Stewarts Perfect Pie Shell
Martha Stewarts Perfect Pie Shell
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons shortening
- 1/8 cup ice water
Instructions
- Put flour and salt in the bowl of food processor.
- Cut the butter and shortening into the flour. Process a few seconds until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
- Drop water very slowly and process briefly. The entire process should take about 20 - 30 seconds.
- Remove dough wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hr.
- Remove from refrigerator and let stand for 15 min. before rolling out.
- Bake in a 400 oven until done. Can be doubled for top and bottom crust.
Liz
This was so easy and it turned out really good!