Quick & Easy Double 9" Flaky Pie Crust Recipe ~ Texas Homesteader ~ (2024)

by Texas Homesteader
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Need an easy pie crust recipe? You’re in luck! This recipe makes a double 9″ pie crust. And it’s quick & easy, using only 4 standard pantry ingredients. A little flour, shortening salt & water & you’re on your way to a delicious homemade pie crust too!

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I don’t make pie often. I mean, it’s just RancherMan & me in our empty-nest home these days. So making pie is something I typically only make for larger gatherings a few times a year.

But occasionally I’ll need to make a pie crust for things other than a pie. For instance, recently I made a homemade Chicken Pot Pie and I needed crust for that. (it was delicious by the way!)

And even more recently while the grandbabies were visiting I made some small baked individual Apple Hand-Pies.Those are little apple pies you can eat with one hand – kinda like fried pies. And of course I needed the crust for that as well.

I’ve also whipped up little individual apple pies when we had company visiting for supper. Those single-serve apple pies turned out so cute!

So as you can see, although I only make a full-blown pie every now and then, I often have need for pie crust for single-serve desserts and savory dishes as well.

No need to buy pie crust though, I have a very simple recipe to make it myself!

Simple Homemade Pie Crust

To make the crust I measured out 2 cups of flour and added 1 teaspoon of salt and mixed it together.

Then I added 2/3 cup shortening and mixed it all together until it was all crumbly. Some people use a pastry cutter to complete this task. But I always just use freshly washed & dried hands to get the mixture just right in a snap.

Then lastly I added 6 Tablespoons of water and mixed it all in until it looked like a dough ball. I usually start out this step with a fork and then finish up with freshly-washed hands.

If you’re making your pie crust for an actual pie, simply divide it in two and roll each half into a 9″ circle.

Whether making a double-crust pie or smaller individual hand pies I use a *pastry matto make the transfer to the dish less messy and help keep the crust in one piece)

So there ya go – Easy Peasy! My simple pie crust recipe is below.

~TxH~

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