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Pie: As-Easy-As-It-Gets Pie Dough




Source of Recipe


USA Weekend


List of Ingredients




2 1/4 cups bleached all-purpose flour
2 Tbs. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 stick (8 Tbs.) butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, frozen solid
8 Tbs. (4 ounces) cream cheese, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, chilled in freezer until very cold
4 Tbs. vegetable shortening, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, frozen solid
1/3 cup ice water

Recipe



Mix flour, sugar and salt in a food processor fitted with metal blade. Add butter and pulse 4 times, 1 second each. Add cream cheese and shortening and pulse another four or five times, 1 long second each, until fats are pea- and fine gravel-sized.

Dump mixture into a bowl and rub flour-fat mixture through fingertips to blend. Stir in water with a spatula until dough clumps form. Press clumps together with your palm to form a cohesive ball. Divide into 2/3 and 1/3 portion sizes. Wrap in plastic wrap, then flatten to thick disks. Refrigerate until cold and firm, at least 1 hour. (Or refrigerate up to 2 days or freeze up to 2 months.)