Things You'll Need:
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 6 tbsp. chilled butter
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- Large mixing bowl
- Fork or mixer
- Butter knife
- Pastry cutter
- Pie pan
- Plastic wrap
- Rolling pin
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Step 1
Mix the flour, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl.
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Step 2
Cut the butter into small pieces with the knife and add it into the mixture.
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Step 3
Work the butter into the dry mixture with a pastry cutter until it's a rough meal with only pea-sized pieces of butter scattered through it.
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Step 4
Pour the buttermilk over your dry mixture and stir until it pulls together into dough. Add water little by little, if necessary, if it still crumbles apart after being thoroughly mixed. Stop adding water when you can get the pieces to stick together.
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Step 5
Scatter flour on a flat, dry working surface. Dip your hands in flour to keep the dough from sticking to them.
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Step 6
Knead the mixture into a ball of dough, working on the floured surface. Work this into a flat shape, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill it in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
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Step 7
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and take off the plastic wrap.
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Step 8
Roll the dough into a flat disc about 11 inches wide. Drape it over the pie pan and let it settle into the shape of the pan--don't press or fold it.
