Perfect Pie Crust

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb unsalted butter, do not soften
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 pour flour and salt into a medium sized bowl.
• 2 for sweet pies you can add the sugar and cinnamon at this stage, or you can add the onion and garlic powders for savory items as well.
• 3 cut butter into small pieces (i quarter my butter lengthwise and then cut off the pieces).
• 4 add butter to flour. mix butter in until you have what resembles course meal.
• 5 in small bowl, combine egg yolk with 2 tablespoons of the water and beat together.
• 6 add to flour and butter mixture and blend together until you have a firm ball of dough.
• 7 wrap in plastic cling wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• 8 remove dough and roll out evenly on either waxed paper or a floured surface.
• 9 press rolled dough firmly into pie plate, poking holes along bottom and sides with a fork to allow venting.
• 10 beat egg with remaining tablespoon of water and brush the inside of your bottom crust with mixture. this helps the bottom crust bake flaky and remain crispy when baked with a filling.
• 11 if using this to make a 2-crust pie, beat remaining egg /water mixture with 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar until slightly foamy. place a thick glaze of this on the top crust for sweet pies to get a lovely sweet golden brown flake on the top of your pie! for savory pies omit sugar but still glaze. it makes your pie look beautiful!
• 12 bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes if only baking shell, and approximately 35 minutes when baking with filling. crust is done when it is golden brown.