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sugarspunrun.com · 2021 · 1 pie crust

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More fat than 79% of recipes and more sugar than 75%.

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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%.
  • More sugar than 75% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.3%, about 4 times as much.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Fat: 73%, 80th percentileWater: 37%, 70th percentileSalt: 1%, 26th percentileSugar: 5.4%, 76th percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour≈ 156 g
  • 2 teaspoons granulated sugar (optional)≈ 8 g
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter (very cold and cubed)≈ 114 g
  • ¼ cup sour cream≈ 58 g

flour 156 gbatter 337 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
  • Water37% · 70th percentile
  • Salt1% · 26th percentile
  • Sugar5.4% · 76th percentile

Oven

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

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