People are particular about their pie crusts; and, depending on individual taste and (likely) where they were raised, they are either making their crusts using vegetable shortening, lard, butter or a combination thereof.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!It’s probably sacrilege, but I’m a huge fan of an oil pie crust. They require little thought and come together quickly and easily. There is no freezing your butter or refrigerating your dough before rolling and baking. Heck, most of the time I don’t even use ice water when making this crust!
My mom taught me how to make this pie dough years ago and I’ve loved it ever since. This recipe is fast. You can have a pie in the oven in 10 minutes flat, I kid you not.
To make this dough, add 1 ⅓ cup of all-purpose flour, ⅓ cup + 2 tablespoons of canola oil, 3 tablespoons of ice water, and ½ teaspoon of salt to a bowl and mix with a fork until the dough is just combined. Place the dough between two large sheets of wax paper and roll out into a 12 inch diameter circle. Carefully peel the top piece of wax paper off the dough and invert the dough into a pie pan. Adjust the dough so that it is centered in the pan and then carefully peel off the other sheet of wax paper (that is now facing up). Crimp the edges of the pie dough.
At this point your pie dough is ready to be filled or blind baked. Follow your pie recipe accordingly to determine which technique should be used. This dough works great either way.
Oil Pie Crust
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup + 2 tbsp canola oil
- 3 tbsp ice water
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together flour, salt, canola oil, and ice water.
- Place the dough between two large pieces of wax paper and roll out dough into a 12-inch diameter circle.
- Carefully peel the top piece of wax paper off the dough and invert the dough into a pie pan.
- Adjust the dough so that it is centered in the pan and then carefully peel off the other sheet of wax paper (that is now facing up).
- Crimp the edges of the pie dough.
- Fill or blind bake the dough according to the pie recipe using.
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