Vera's Recipes

Pies And Pastries

Butter Crust

Pies And Pastries
4 ingredients
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 6 tbsp butter, chilled

Method

  1. Combine the flour, sugar and salt. Cut in the chilled butter with a knife or food processor until fine, moist crumbs form.
  2. Press lightly into a 9-inch pie pan, making the bottom slightly thicker than the sides.
  3. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes till golden brown. Cool completely before filling (about 15 minutes).

Notes

Makes 1 nine-inch crust. From "Dorothy Dean".

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.