For a 10-inch pie plate:
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour (sifted)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter (cold, cut into 6-8 pieces)
- 2 tablespoons water (chilled (iced))
Instructions
- Place the flour and salt in the food processor bowl. Pulse-chop briefly.
- Add the butter, and pulse-chop the mixture until the butter looks like small pea sized lumps (or smaller) in the flour.
- Add the water, ½ tablespoon at a time, and pulse-chop until the mixture has a barely sticky, dough-like texture.
- Place the mixture into a bowl, and gently bring the dough together with your hands until it’s a firm ball of dough
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour
- When you roll out the dough, give it 5 minutes or so to soften a but so it can be more easily rolled out
- Roll out the dough and bake with it!
Nutrition Facts
Food Processor Pie Crust
Amount per Serving
Calories
1057
% Daily Value*
Fat
69
g
106
%
Saturated Fat
43
g
269
%
Trans Fat
3
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
18
g
Cholesterol
181
mg
60
%
Sodium
2288
mg
99
%
Potassium
154
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
95
g
32
%
Fiber
3
g
13
%
Sugar
0.4
g
0
%
Protein
14
g
28
%
Vitamin A
2099
IU
42
%
Calcium
41
mg
4
%
Iron
6
mg
33
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Have a smaller pie plate? Here’s the 9-inch version:
Ingredients
- ¾ cup flour (sifted)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4½ tablespoons butter (cold, cut into 4-6 pieces)
- 2 tablespoons water (chilled (iced))
Instructions
- Place the flour and salt in the food processor bowl. Pulse-chop briefly.
- Add the butter, and pulse-chop the mixture until the butter looks like small pea sized lumps (or smaller) in the flour.
- Add the water, ½ tablespoon at a time, and pulse-chop until the mixture has a barely sticky, dough-like texture.
- Place the mixture into a bowl, and gently bring the dough together with your hands until it’s a firm ball of dough
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour
- When you roll out the dough, give it 5 minutes or so to soften a but so it can be more easily rolled out
- Your dough is now ready to be rolled out and baked.
Nutrition Facts
9-inch Food Processor Pie Crust
Amount per Serving
Calories
793
% Daily Value*
Fat
52
g
80
%
Saturated Fat
33
g
206
%
Trans Fat
2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
13
g
Cholesterol
135
mg
45
%
Sodium
1571
mg
68
%
Potassium
116
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
72
g
24
%
Fiber
3
g
13
%
Sugar
0.3
g
0
%
Protein
10
g
20
%
Vitamin A
1574
IU
31
%
Calcium
31
mg
3
%
Iron
4
mg
22
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.