Flaky Pie Crust

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This is the archetypal look successful the section subtitled “They Call Me Crustmaster” of erstwhile White House cook Bill Yosses’s caller cookbook, for bully reason: The statement of however to physique and cook a food dough encompasses tips and techniques from decades of experience.

This crust is good suited for unsighted baking and effect fillings. This comes unneurotic successful a nutrient processor, but you tin besides marque it by hand; spot the VARIATION, below.

The dough needs to beryllium frozen for astatine slightest 20 minutes, oregon refrigerated overnight. The rolled out/formed pastry crust (in its pastry plate) needs to beryllium frozen for astatine slightest 20 minutes and up to 1 hour.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8 (makes 1 9-inch azygous crust)

1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, positive much for rolling
1 tablespoonful whole-wheat flour
1/4 spoon kosher salt
10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) acold unsalted butter, preferably grass-fed and high-fat, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
1/4 cupful positive 1 tablespoonful crystal h2o oregon gin

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
220
Fat
15 g
Saturated Fat
9 g
Carbohydrates
19 g
Sodium
35 mg
Cholesterol
40 mg
Protein
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Sweet Spot: Dialing Back Sugar and Amping Up Flavor," by Bill Yosses and Peter Kaminsky (Pam Krauss Books, 2017).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick and Joe Yonan.

Published October 29, 2017

Updated March 16, 2026