Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Pie crust

Pie crust:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Butter, chilled
3 tablespoons ice water

In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
Roll dough out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place crust in pie plate. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate

2 comments:

JEOMOAN KURIAN said...

For filling:

3 cups apple - crispy ones - granny smith preferred; 1 cup sugar; 1 lemon; 1 tsp all purpose flour; butter 2 tsp; water 1/4 cup;1/2 tsp nutmeg; 2 tsp cinnamon;

Cook all these togther- 1/2 cooked. make sure its not watery.

JEOMOAN KURIAN said...

for crust on both sides (top and bottom), we need to double the amounts specified for piecrust listed above.