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Flaky Homemade Pie Crust

spendwithpennies.com · 2019 · 1 double pie crust

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More water than 98% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 51%.

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How it compares

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

  • More water than 98% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
  • No sugar at all, where 51% of recipes use some (most of those 3.4 to 7.8% of the flour weight).
Fat: 50%, 32nd percentileWater: 53%, 99th percentileSalt: 1.6%, 56th percentileSugar: 0%, 24th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 3 cups all purpose flour≈ 375 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 7 tablespoons unsalted cold butter (cubed)≈ 99 g
  • 7 tablespoons shortening (cubed)≈ 90 g
  • ⅔ to 1 cup ice cold water≈ 198 g

flour 375 gbatter 768 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.

  • Fat50% · 32nd percentile
  • Water53% · 99th percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 56th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 24th percentile

Oven

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

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