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Foolproof All Butter Pie Crust Recipe

Ashley Manila · bakerbynature.com · 2025 · 1 pie crust

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More fat than 92% of recipes and more sugar than 92%.

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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 92% of recipes: 84% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.
  • More sugar than 92% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 8 times as much.
Fat: 84%, 93rd percentileWater: 32%, 56th percentileSalt: 1.1%, 33rd percentileSugar: 11%, 93rd percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1/3 cup (76ml) ice cold water≈ 79 g
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar≈ 5 g
  • 2 and 1/4 cups (270g) all-purpose flour270 g
  • 1 tablespoon (11g) cornstarch11 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 2 Tablespoons (28g) granulated sugar28 g
  • 1 cup (227) unsalted butter (very cold and cut into 1/4-inch cubes)≈ 227 g
  • Recipe above makes a single crustn/a
  • 3/4 cup (171ml) ice water≈ 178 g
  • 1 Tablespoon (14ml) apple cider vinegar≈ 8 g
  • 4 and 1/2 cups (540g) all-purpose flour540 g
  • 2 Tablespoons (22g) cornstarch22 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1/4 cup (57g) granulated sugar57 g
  • 2 cups (454g) unsalted butter (very cold and cut into 1/4-inch cubes )454 g

flour 810 gbatter 1888 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.

  • Fat84% · 93rd percentile
  • Water32% · 56th percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar11% · 93rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 390°F
Time
20 minutes
median 20 minutes

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