Flaky Pie Dough Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups (about 11 oz) all-purpose bleached flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 16 tbsp (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter
  • 4 to 6 tbsp cold water

Directions:

  1. To mix the dough by hand, combine flour, salt and baking powder in a medium-sized mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat pieces of butter. Then using your hands or a pastry blender, break the butter into tiny pieces and pinch and squeeze it into the dry ingredients. Keep the mixture uniform by occasionally reaching down to the bottom of the bowl and mixing all the ingredients evenly together. Continue rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible.
  2. Sprinkle the minimum amount of water over the butter and flour mixture and stir gently with a fork - the dough should begin holding together. If the mixture still appears dry and crumbly, add the remaining water, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough holds together easily.
  3. To mix the dough in the food processor, combine flour, salt and baking powder in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Pulse 3 times at 1-second intervals to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to work bowl. Process, pulsing repeatedly at 1-second intervals, until the mixture is fine and powdery, resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible - about 15 pulses in all.
  4. Scatter the minimum amount of water on the butter and flour mixture and pulse 5 or 6 times - the dough should begin holding together. If the mixture still appears dry and crumbly, add the remaining water, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough holds together easily.
  5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form it into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate the dough until firm, or until you are ready to use it, at least 1 hour, or up to several days
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 13222.56 Kcal (55360 kJ)
Calories from fat 13186.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1465.19g 2254%
Cholesterol 3887.2mg 1296%
Sodium 1365.94mg 57%
Potassium 636.25mg 14%
Total Carbs 54.45g 18%
Dietary Fiber 2.15g 9%
Protein 25.17g 50%
Vitamin A 18.1mg 603%
Iron 3.6mg 20%
Calcium 508.3mg 51%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 670.54 Kcal (2807 kJ)
Calories from fat 668.72 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 74.3g 2254%
Cholesterol 197.13mg 1296%
Sodium 69.27mg 57%
Potassium 32.27mg 14%
Total Carbs 2.76g 18%
Dietary Fiber 0.11g 9%
Protein 1.28g 50%
Vitamin A 0.9mg 603%
Iron 0.2mg 20%
Calcium 25.8mg 51%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 386.1
    Points
  • 385
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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