Easy Flaky Pie Crust

Hallelujah! I finally have a pie dough recipe I can use and not sweat and swear all the way through making it! (Thanks Wendy)

I have never liked making pie dough before that's why I shared my Swedish Apple Pie recipe a few years ago where it makes it's own crust. A lot of you must not like making pie dough too as it's had over 140,000 views!

Check it out here:

https://www.hotandcoldrunningmom.ca/2020/07/swedish-apple-pie.html

But do give this Easy Flaky Pie Crust recipe a try. I'm so happy I did!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup Crisco shortening

pinch of salt

1 egg

1/2 cup cold water

Blend the Crisco into the flour and salt with a pastry blender then rub with your fingers until crumbly. Add the egg and cold water and work just until combined. Don't over mix. Then flour a work surface and rolling pin and roll out the dough to fit your pie plate. I used an 8" for this apple pie with enough left over for a mini free form blueberry pie. Or just make 1 - 9".

Ingredients for the apple pie:

6 small to medium sized apples

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1 1/2 tsps cinnamon

2 tbsps instant tapioca

a few dabs of butter

1 tbsp cream and a sprinkle of sugar

Mix the apples, both sugars, cinnamon and instant tapioca together. Roll the dough onto the rolling pin then unroll onto the pie plate. Add your filling and a few dabs of butter then wet the edge of the dough with some water. Roll the top crust onto the pie and seal the edges. Cut a few slits in the top and brush with cream and a sprinkle of sugar if desired. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

Just look at the flakiness in this close-up!

If you have leftover dough just roll it out and place in a pie plate or cast iron pan.

Ingredients for the mini free form blueberry pie:

1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

2 tbsps sugar

1 tbsp cornstarch

dabs of butter

Mix the berries, sugar and cornstarch together. Make a little edge in the dough and place the berries in the middle. Add the dabs of butter then bring up the edges towards the center. Pop this in the oven same as the big one, 350°F for 1 hour.

Cool before slicing.  

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