Buttery, Flaky Pie Crust

I love a nice golden flaky crust be it for fruit pies or pot pies. This is another super easy recipe that makes a single pie crust so if you need a bottom and top simply double the recipe.  I used a food processor with this recipe because I used frozen butter and it just makes it easier, but if you don't have a food processor just use cold butter and a pastry cutter or fork to combine dry ingredients with chopped butter.

Flour your surface to knead dough, form into a disc, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate. 

After chilling, roll dough out and place in pie dish.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, frozen and diced if using a food processor (chilled           and diced if using a pastry cutter or fork).

1/4 cup ice water

Directions

1.  In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. 

2.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  I used frozen butter and a food processor for this step, if you don't have a food processor just use cold butter and a pastry cutter or fork.

3.   Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Knead the mixture and form it into a disc.

4.  Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

5.  Roll dough out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place crust in pie plate. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate.