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Slab Pie Crust

savorthebest.com · 2025 · 24 Servings

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More salt than 97% of recipes and more fat than 91%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 97% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
  • More fat than 91% of recipes: 81% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 65%.
  • No sugar at all, where 51% of recipes use some (most of those 3.4 to 7.8% of the flour weight).
Fat: 81%, 91st percentileWater: 30%, 52nd percentileSalt: 2.5%, 97th percentileSugar: 0%, 24th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (4)

  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (420 grams)420 g
  • 1¾ teaspoon salt≈ 11 g
  • 1½ cups butter (cold and cut into bits, 3 sticks)≈ 341 g
  • 7-10 tablespoons ice water≈ 126 g

flour 420 gbatter 897 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.

  • Fat81% · 91st percentile
  • Water30% · 52nd percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 97th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 24th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 390°F
Time
35 minutes
median 20 minutes

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