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Perfect Pie Crust

onceuponachef.com · 2024 · 1 (9-inch) deep dish pie crust

Against 179 pie crust recipes

No sugar, unlike 51% of recipes.

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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).
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Fat: 66%, 54th percentileWater: 32%, 55th percentileSalt: 1.6%, 56th percentileSugar: 0%, 24th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off)≈ 188 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • ⅛ teaspoon baking powder≈ 0.6 g
  • 6 tablespoons very cold unsalted butter, (sliced into ¼-in (6-mm) pieces)≈ 85 g
  • 3 tablespoons very cold vegetable shortening, (in 3 pieces)≈ 38 g
  • 4 tablespoons very cold water≈ 59 g

flour 188 gbatter 374 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.

  • Fat66% · 54th percentile
  • Water32% · 55th percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 56th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 24th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 390°F
Time
15 to 20 minutes
median 20 minutes

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