I love to bake homemade pies and probably bake at least one homemade pie every 7 to 10 days for my family. We love to eat pie for our desserts or as a snack. I guess you could say that we are PIE LOVERS!
A few years ago I got this easy homemade pie crust recipe from my mother and most of the time when I am making a homemade pie, I use this recipe. It makes 6 pie crusts so ONLY use this recipe if you are going to be baking a lot of pies!
Homemade Pie Crust Recipe
4 to 5 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 teaspoons salt
1 large egg
2 tablespoons white vinegar
water
In a large bowl, cream together the all-purpose flour, shortening and salt. Beat the large egg in a glass measuring cup using a wire egg beater. Add in the vinegar and enough water to make 1 full cup of liquid. Pour liquid mixture into the flour and shortening mixture. Blended until well combined.
You can now roll out your pie dough onto a lightly floured surface. This recipe makes about 6 pie crusts so I store the dough in my refrigerator over a 2 day period of time until I get my pies all baked. You might have to play around with the flour amount until you get it just right.
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I’m shocked at how little shortening there is in this recipe. I love making pies – this recipe is a must do!!!
I too am a pie maker and make my own crusts. My crust is usually a butter crust especially when I make a fruit pie.
My daughter sometimes makes her own crust. A healthy twist she uses is ground up Fiber One cereal. If you like a graham cracker crust you can crush deluxe graham cookies for an added chocolate effect. Just a couple of thoughts.
I’m not that excited about homemade pie. I mean I’ll have a piece as long as there is plenty of whipped cream/topping. I do love to make chocolate cream or chocolate pudding pie.
I like this one. I always tend to have difficult times with pie crust.Thanks for sharing!
The closest I come to baking a pie is cooking a frozen one.
thanks..always looking for easy!