Basic pie crust

Name: Basic pie crust
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: world
Ingredients: 250 gram all-purpose flour; 100 gram dairy butter on room temperature; 80 gram sugar; pinch of salt; 1 egg; teaspoon vanilla extract

This recipe for a basic pie crust is amazing, because it's easy and cheap. You can fill it with all kinds of great things, such as you favorite fruit.

10 minutes

2 persons

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Recipe basic pie crust

Made by Véronique

Published at 2019-08-09, this recipe is for 2 persons and takes 10 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

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Preparation time

10 minutes

Time cooking

Unknown

Total time

10 minutes

Making the basic pie crust – 10 minutes + waiting time

Combine flour and salt and gradually add soft butter into cubes. Knead until you've reached a crumbly dough.

Whisk the egg, sugar and vanilla extract in a small bowl with a fork and add the mixture to the dough.

Knead until you've reached a dough ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate about an hour.

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Remove the dough ball from the fridge after an hour, dust your work surface and rolling pin with flour and roll out the dough until it fits in the pie dish.

Coat the pie dish with butter and add the dough to the pie dish. You can now use this pie crust for all kinds of fillings and bake in the oven, such as all kinds of fruit. Click here for an example.

tip: use a fork to create holes in the pie crust to prevent the dough from rising during baking.

How to blind bake a pie crust

If you'd like to fill a pie crust with fruit or custard, you need to blind-bake the pie crust first. This simply means that you put some weight on the dough to prevent it from rising during baking.

Blind baking beans on top of a basic pie crust

Line the pie crust with a piece of parchment paper and pour the ceramic baking beans on top. You can also use dried beans or rice for this.

Bake the pie crust until it's beautiful golden brown, that will take about 10 to 15 minutes. Let it cool off before you remove the baking beans and parchment paper. The pie crust is now ready to fill with ingredients that don't need to bake in the oven.