Pie Crust - Martha Stewart

By SMorrissey

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 sticks (1 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup ice water, plus more if needed

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, sugar, and salt; pulse to combine. Add butter, and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some larger pieces remaining, about 10 seconds. (To mix by hand, combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl, then cut in butter with a pastry blender.)

With the machine running, add ice water through the feed tube in a slow, steady stream, just until dough holds together without being wet or sticky. Do not process more than 30 seconds. Test by squeezing a small amount of the dough together; if it is still too crumbly, add a bit more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.

Turn out dough onto a clean work surface. Divide in half, and place each half on a piece of plastic wrap. Shape into flattened rectangles. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.