Butter pie crust

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Butter pie crust


2 ½ cups of flour

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter (chilled and cubed)

½ cup ice water (a few ice cubes)


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Making your pie crust:


Mix flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add butter, use a pastry cutter (or two forks) to cut the butter into the mix. Measure ½ cup of water into a small bowl and add some ice to it, give the ice some time to melt. Dribble 2 tablespoons into the mix at a time. Stopping when the dough comes together easily, sticky but not overly wet. Once you get to this point STOP, do not add any more water. Set aside till filling is ready or wait to make after filling is done your choice!

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