Flaky Pie Crust

jamiegeller.com · 2013 · 2 Servings

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More sugar than 99% of recipes and less water than 83%.

How it compares

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

More sugar than 99% of recipes: 17% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 13 times as much.
Less water than 83% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups + 6 tablespoons flour (10 oz)≈ 297 g
1/4 cup 2 oz sugar≈ 50 g
1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
3/4 cup tablespoons (6 ounces spectrum organic shortening, cut into 1 inch pieces and well chilled)≈ 154 g
4 tablespoons 2 oz ice water≈ 59 g
1 teaspoon 5 g butter flavor (such as the one from Lorann oils. Optional, but it helps with the flavor)5 g

flour 297 gbatter 568 g

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

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

Nearest by baker's percentages: fat, water, salt, sugar.