| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 2 hr |
| Prep: | 2 hr |
| Yield: | one-crust pie, about 10 ounces |
Ingredients
- 1 cup (about 4 1/2 ounces) all-purpose bleached flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) cold unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- To mix the dough by hand, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a medium mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat pieces of butter. Using your hands or a pastry blender, rub the butter into the dry ingredients by breaking it into tiny pieces, continuously pinching and squeezing it into the dry ingredients. Be careful to keep the mixture uniform by occasionally reaching down to the bottom of the bowl and mixing all the ingredients evenly together. Continue rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible. Beat the egg(s) in a small bowl and pour over the flour and butter mixture. Stir in with a fork, continuing to stir until the dough begins to hold together, but still appears somewhat dry. Scatter flour on the work surface and scrape the dough onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth.
- To mix the dough in the food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Pulse 3 times at 1-second intervals to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to work bowl. Process, pulsing repeatedly at 1-second intervals, until the mixture is fine and powdery, resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible, about 15 pulses in all. Add the egg(s) to the work bowl and pulse 10 times or so, until the dough forms a ball. Scatter flour on the work surface and scrape the dough onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth.
- Press the dough into a disk (two equal disks for the larger amount of dough). Sandwich the disk(s) of dough between two pieces of plastic wrap and press it into a 6-inch disk. Refrigerate the dough until firm, or until you are ready to use it, at least 1 hour
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 181 |
| Total Fat | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 23 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 51 mg |
| Sodium | 77 mg |
Reviews
haven’t made this yet… does it need to be blind-baked before filling?
This was just okay. Was looking for a tart crust that was flaky and a little more sweet. It is not very flaky. Also, the recipe is written rather oddly because it gives ingredients for one crust but references “the larger amount of dough”.
so easy to make, made a double batch and its perfect, making a apple apricot with a mascarpone cheese cake filling, should be awesome, kevink200, kevin.kraft@inbox.com
GOOD
I used this dough recipe to make a pear galette. It was very easy and very delicious. Will use this recipe again.
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