Ingredients for Homemade Pie Crust Recipe

Series Summary

Whether you're serving pumpkin pie, apple pie, pecan pie or kidney pie, no matter how amazing that filling is, if you're using store-bought pie crust, that pie can never truly become the greatest pie it can possibly be. Homemade pie crust can often be the single most important ingredient in your dessert, and when you know how to make your own pie crusts, it can really send your holiday treats in to the upper stratosphere of taste.

Making homemade pie crust from scratch is easier than you think, and in these free baking videos you'll learn easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for a homemade pie crust recipe. Expert baker Kip Bradford demonstrates the process, showing you what ingredients you'll need, how to mix together the ingredients, how to roll out the dough, how to add the base to the baking pan, and finally, how to add the pastry top and prepare it for baking. Strive for perfection in your desserts this holiday season with this easy pie crust recipe.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Kip and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village. In this video we are going to show you how to make a very simple but very good pie crust. A lot of times people tell me they can not make a good pie crust, well I'm here to show you that you can. You would just need 2 cups of flour, half of teaspoon of salt, 2/3 cups of Crisco, and 4 tablespoon of chilled water and notice I put ice in there. It is a good idea, the colder the better. That is all you need for ingredients to make a really good pie crust. "