90-Second Chef: How to Make the Best Pie Dough



Watch to see how we developed a method to perfect pie dough, every time. Hint: It involves vodka.

Pie dough can go wrong very easily, from dry and crumbly to leathery and tough. But with our tips, you won’t have anything to worry about.

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  1. From one of my ATK TV show cookbook (seasons 2001-2012)
    Foolproof Double-crust Pie Dough
    2-1/2 C (12 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out
    2 T sugar
    1 tsp table salt
    12 T (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces and chilled
    1/2 C vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces and chilled
    1/4 C vodka, chilled
    1/4 C ice water
    (T – Tablespoon, tsp = teaspoon)
    Note from cookbook:
    This dough is moister than most standard pie doughs and will require lots of flour to roll out (up to 1/4 cup). The dough, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, can be refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 1 month. If frozen, let the dough thaw completely on the counter before rolling it out.

  2. Don’t know where else to post this. I made the “new” pie crust today. I’ve never been as successful as I was with this method. I deleted the episode from my DVR so I can’t even post the episode number. It’s the one where they made chocolate pudding pie and blind baked it. I made apple with a crumb topping. The sample with food coloring is what made me try it. Husband came home with frozen shells…just in case. Loves his apple pie. He likes the crust I made, too. Thanks ATK. I think I’ll package several to freeze to have on hand.

  3. As someone who has Alcohol Intolerance I have to jump in. Alcohol Intolerance is like an allergy and the symptoms are like food poisoning. Please check the most recent studies on this myth that alcohol all burns off during cooking. It does not. Please stop perpetuating this myth.

  4. The other one they did on the show where they made it so moist it had to be refrigerated and maybe even rolled between sheets of plastic looked a lot better than this recipe. As I write this I'm waiting for my apple pie to cool and boy does it looks and smells like perfection! I think the stand mixer does a better job than a food processor, the secret is keeping things cold.

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