Tender Flaky Pie Crust. The dough should have small bits of butter - this makes the crust flaky. If your pie crust is starting to feel warm or overly soft at this point take a few minutes 15-30 to chill the whole pie in the fridge or freezer.
The dough should have small bits of butter - this makes the crust flaky. Seriously this seems to be the best way to make the most flaky crust. For a single crust roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface to fit a 9-in.
Fill the center with pie weights or dry beans to keep the dough from puffing up while baking.
Line crust with nonstick foil and fill with dried beans or pie weights. I use it most often for chicken pot pie pumpkin pie cinnamon-sugar pie crust cookies and for jam-filled pie cookies. Bake until crust is set about 20 minutes. Its amount of flour enough to roll out two generous crusts crusts thatll fill your 9 pan without having to be stretched which is the root of all kinds of evil did you know stretching is the chief reason crust shrinks as it bakes.