Dessert

Flaky Pastry (Pie Dough)

Name: Flaky Pastry (Pie Dough)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 discs (2 double-crust pies)
Cuisine: Québécois
Ingredients: 5 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp salt; 2 cups very cold unsalted butter, in ½-inch cubes; 1 cup ice-cold water

1 h 15 min · 4 discs (2 double-crust pies)

A golden double-crust apple pie on the stove

# Vegetarian
# Dessert

Prep 15 min
Cook 0 min
Total 1 h 15 min

Yield: 4 discs (2 double-crust pies)

Number of pies

Number of pies: 2

Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose flour (600 g)
2 tsp salt
2 cups very cold unsalted butter, in ½-inch cubes (454 g)
1 cup ice-cold water (238 g)

Instructions

Pastry. Mix the flour and salt. Work in the very cold butter with your fingertips, leaving crumbs and bits of butter.
Add the ice-cold water and gather into a ball without overworking. Wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes to 1 hour.

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All-butter flaky pie dough: enough for 2 double-crust pies.

The all-butter pastry I use for my freezer apple pies. Keep everything very cold and stop mixing while you can still see bits of butter.

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Flaky Pastry (Pie Dough)

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Ingredients

Instructions

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