Easy Pie Crust

By mrsmosey

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 2 sticks chilled margarine, cut into pieces
• 4 - 8 Tbsp ice water (with the ice strained out)

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 40mins
Cooking time 100mins
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

To make the dough for the pie crust, mix 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour and salt and sugar in a medium-size bowl. Cut 2 sticks chilled margarine into pieces. With a food processor pulse with butter until the largest sized pieces of margarine are pea-sized.

Add 4 tablespoons ice water; pulse until dough is still crumbly but comes together when pressed. If dough is still too crumbly, (and won't stick when pressed) add more ice water a tablespoon at a time (up to 4 more tablespoons). Do not overwork.

Divide dough in half, and flatten halves into disks. Wrap disks separately in plastic; refrigerate at least 1 hour.

To form the pie shell, roll the dough on a floured surface into a 14-inch round. Wrap around rolling pin and carefully unroll over a 9-inch pie plate.

Fit gently into bottom and side of plate. Use kitchen shears to trim dough to a 1-inch overhang; fold under, and seal to form a rim.

Crimp rim with fingertips and knuckle. Repeat with remaining dough; wrap each with plastic, stack, and freeze.