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🥧 Easy Homemade Butter Pie Crust (Press-In or Roll-Out!)

With only 4 ingredients in 5 minutes you can create this flaky, buttery, foolproof pie crust. If you’ve ever been intimidated by making your own pie crust, this recipe is here to completely change the game. No fancy equipment, no complicated steps, and no chilling required unless you want to roll the dough out. This crust is buttery, flaky, tender, and so much better than store-bought. And the best part? You can choose your method: Either press it directly into your pie dish for the quickest crust ever OR roll it out if you prefer the traditional look. Both ways turn out beautifully — and both start with just four simple ingredients.

5/8/20242 min read

🧈 Ingredients

Here are the measurements for one 9-inch pie and a small-batch 6-inch pie:

6-inch Pie Crust

⅓ cup (75g) cold butter (cubed)
¾ cup (90g) all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons ice water

9-inch Pie Crust

½ cup (1 stick / 113g) cold butter (cubed)
1¼ cups (150g) all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons ice water

✨ Why This Recipe Works

The secret to a flaky crust is simple: COLD butter + COLD water

The cold butter creates tiny pockets that melt during baking, forming those perfect tender, flaky layers we all love. When the water is ice-cold, the dough comes together without melting the butter — which keeps everything light and delicate.

🍴 Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Grease Your Pie Pan

Use a 9-inch or 6-inch glass pie dish. A light coating of butter or oil helps with shaping and prevents sticking.

2. Cube the Cold Butter

Cut your cold butter into small cubes. The colder the better — straight from the fridge is perfect.
This is key for a flaky crust!

3. Mix the Dry Ingredients

In a medium bowl, combine:
– flour
– salt
Give it a quick stir.

4. Add the Butter and Crumble

Add the cubed cold butter to the flour.
Use your fingertips to press the butter into the flour until the mixture looks sandy and crumbly with tiny pea-sized bits of butter throughout.

5. Add the Ice-Cold Water

Sprinkle the ice water over the mixture and gently fold with a spatula.
The dough should come together and feel slightly sticky — that’s exactly right.

6. Choose Your Method: Press or Roll

✔ Press-In Method (Quickest & Easiest)

Transfer the dough into your greased pie pan.
Use your hands to press it evenly across the bottom and up the sides.
It doesn’t need to be perfect — rustic pies bake beautifully!

✔ Roll-Out Method (Classic Look)

Lightly flour your surface.
Roll the dough into a circle slightly larger than your pie dish.
Lift and place it into the pan, pressing gently into the edges.