Description
This gluten free pie crust is perfect for any filling and can be made with homemade or store bought flour blend.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups (350 g) gluten free all purpose flour blend (homemade or store bought)
- 1 tablespoon white caster sugar (omit for savoury crusts)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons xanthan gum (omit if your flour blend already contains xanthan)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup (150 g) cold butter (vegan butter, shortening, palm shortening or coconut oil, cut into cubes)
- 4–5 tablespoons (60–75 ml) ice cold water
Instructions
- Mix the flour, xanthan, sugar and salt together in a large mixing bowl until well mixed.
- Add the cold butter (or butter substitute) and mix together with a fork or pastry cutter until you have a sandy kind of mixture. Stir in the egg.
- Mix in the water 1 tablespoon at a time until you form a dough that sticks together in a ball.
- Divide the dough in half, each half should weigh about 300 grams. Flatten each half into 1-inch thick discs using your hands.
- Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for at least 20 minutes or up to 5 days.
- Place the dough between two lightly floured sheets of parchment paper and roll out to be 1/8-1/4 of an inch thick.
- Remove the top layer of baking paper and use the bottom baking paper to transfer your dough to the pie dish. Carefully transfer the rolled out dough to the pie plate.
- Slip one hand under the bottom layer of parchment paper to gently flip the dough over into the pan.
- Peel back the paper and smooth over any cracks or breaking points in the dough. Use the dough hanging over the edges of the pie dish to cover up the holes in the middle.
- Crimp the edges of the dough as you like. If you need to par bake this pie, use a fork to poke a few holes across the bottom of the dough to prevent bubbling in the centre as it bakes.
- Proceed with the pie according to your recipe’s instructions.
Notes
- Can use homemade or store-bought gluten-free flour blend.
- For a vegan option, substitute butter with vegan butter or palm shortening.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg