Oil Pie Crust, My Mom’s Best Recipe

maureenabood.com · 2013 · 1 pie crust

Against 179 pie crust recipes

No sugar, unlike 51% of recipes.

How it compares

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

No sugar at all, where 51% of recipes use some (most of those 3.4 to 7.8% of the flour weight).
Fat in the middle half of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.

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

1 3/4 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
1 teaspoon kosher salt (or 1/2 teaspoon table salt)≈ 4 g
1/2 cup plus 1 teaspoon neutral oil (such as safflower, grape seed, vegetable)≈ 114 g
4 tablespoons ice water≈ 59 g
1 tablespoon milk ( (of any sort, to top the unbaked pie to encourage browning))≈ 15 g
2 2/3 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour≈ 333 g
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (or 3/4 teaspoon table salt)≈ 6 g
3/4 cup plus 1-2 teaspoons neutral oil (such as safflower, grape seed, vegetable)≈ 164 g
5 - 6 tablespoons ice water≈ 81 g

flour 552 gbatter 995 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.