Dear sweet Jesus I have been so busy and/or too lazy to cook at all lately! I feel as if I've let myself, and you, down. SO! Today I bring you the recipe for perfect homemade pie crust, because TOMORROW I will be showing you how to make a lemon lavender pie!
This pie was a several month long wait for me and my fellow Baking Queen Nicki, but last time it proved to be difficult and turned out disappointing. This time I changed a few things, and I'm flying solo - though not by choice. Nicki, if you're reading this, we need to bake IMMEDIATELY! That being said -
Things you'll need:
3 sticks of butter, diced (unsalted only! duh)
3 1/2 c of flour
1/4 c sugar
1 t salt
1 T white or cider vinegar (I used cider both times, and it was perfect)
1/3 c ice water
Put the flour, salt, sugar, and 1 stick of butter into a food processor and process that shit until it looks like it's mixed. Then add the other 2 sticks of butter, and mix some more. Just guess as to when it's all mixed because with all of the flour mixture you won't really be able to tell. Then add the vinegar, mix, and add the water while everything is still spinning around. Dump it out onto the counter, mush and mash it all into a solid piece of dough (but not too roughly, there should still be butter chunks) and wrap in plastic wrap (I used foil. It works...). Pop that sucker into the fridge for AT LEAST an hour before using. Mine's going to wait overnight because I'm not baking the pie until tomorrow!
