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africanbites.com · 2020 · 2 pie crusts

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More fat than 85% of recipes and more water than 80%.

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How it compares

Against the typical crust: the median of 179 pie crust recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More fat than 85% of recipes: 76% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.
  • More water than 80% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
  • More sugar than 78% of recipes: 6.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 5 times as much.
Fat: 76%, 86th percentileWater: 40%, 82nd percentileSalt: 1.1%, 33rd percentileSugar: 6.7%, 80th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
  • 2 tablespoons sugar ((for sweet recipes, otherwise skip this ingredient))≈ 25 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt ((if using salted butter, skip this ingredient))≈ 4 g
  • 4 ounces shortening (very cold )113 g
  • 6 ounces unsalted butter (very cold ) (, cubed)170 g
  • 8- 12 tablespoons (about ½-¾ cup ) ice water≈ 148 g

flour 375 gbatter 836 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 179 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Fat76% · 86th percentile
  • Water40% · 82nd percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar6.7% · 80th percentile

Oven

Temperature
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median 390°F
Time
not stated
median 20 minutes

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