Basic Pie Dough
Melinda Strauss · melindastrauss.com · 2016
Against 179 pie crust recipes
More fat than 79% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical crust: the median of 179 pie crust recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 79% 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%.
Ingredients (6)
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour≈ 156 g
- 1 teaspoon sugar≈ 4.2 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 4 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter or vegan butter≈ 57 g
- 4 Tablespoons cold vegetable shortening *you can also use 8 Tbsp of just butter or shortening≈ 57 g
- 3 Tablespoons ice water≈ 44 g
flour 156 gbatter 322 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% · 80th percentile · median 65%
- Water28% · 43rd percentile · median 30%
- Salt1.9% · 75th percentile · median 1.4%
- Sugar2.7% · 58th percentile · median 1.3%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 390°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 20 minutes
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