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My Favorite Easy Pie Crust Recipe

crazyforcrust.com · 2023 · 10 servings

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More fat than 80% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 51%.

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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 80% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
  • No sugar at all, where 51% of recipes use some (most of those 3.4 to 7.8% of the flour weight).
Fat: 73%, 81st percentileWater: 29%, 45th percentileSalt: 1.9%, 75th percentileSugar: 0%, 24th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter (diced and chilled)113 g
  • 1 ¼ cups (155g) all-purpose flour155 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 2-4 tablespoons ice water ((I always use 2 tablespoons))≈ 44 g

flour 155 gbatter 315 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.

  • Fat73% · 81st percentile
  • Water29% · 45th percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 24th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 390°F
Time
30 minutes
median 20 minutes

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