This homemade pie crust recipe is incredibly easy to make with just five ingredients! It’ll quickly become a go-to in your repertoire.
Homemade Pie Crust Ingredients
These are the five ingredients you’ll need to make this extra easy homemade pie crust recipe:
- Flour: This easy homemade pie crust recipe starts with all-purpose flour.
- Butter: You’ll need two sticks of unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces.
- Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the overall flavor and promotes a tender crust. .
- Ice water: Make sure your water is ice cold for the flakiest results.
- Apple cider vinegar: Vinegar inhibits gluten production, preventing a tough crust.
How to Make Homemade Pie Crust
You’ll find the full, step-by-step recipe below — but here’s a brief overview of what you can expect when you make this homemade pie crust:
- Pulse the first three ingredients in a food processor.
- Stir the water and vinegar together and pulse.
- Pour in the remaining water-vinegar mixture and pulse.
- Turn the dough out and pat it into two discs.
- Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.
What to Make With Homemade Pie Crust
You can use this homemade pie crust recipe to make so many delicious desserts. Explore our collection of Pie Recipes for delicious inspiration — here are a few of the top-rated recipes you’ll find:
- Apple Pie by Grandma Ople
- Chicken Pot Pie
- Chocolate Cream Pie
Allrecipes Community Tips and Praise
“Very easy and delicious,” raves Brushy Bill. “For added flakiness I substituted half the butter for lard.”
“Absolutely the best pie crust hands down,” says Ivy H. “This is the only pie crust I use for sweet and savory pies year after year. It has never let me down and it’s incredibly quick and easy. This flaky, buttery crust always gets rave reviews!”
“Best crust recipe,” according to ginag. “I use this for all my pies –- from chicken pot pie to apple pie. Everyone raves about it!”
Editorial contributions by Corey Williams