12 Inch Pie Crust Food

PERFECT PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Dice the butter and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the flour mixture. Place the flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter and shortening. Pulse 8 to 12 times, until the butter is the size of peas. With the machine running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball. Dump out on a floured board and roll into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Cut the dough in half. Roll each piece on a well-floured board into a circle, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough to make sure it doesn't stick to the board. Fold the dough in half, place in a pie pan, and unfold to fit the pan. Repeat with the top crust.

ADAM'S 12-INCH DEEP-DISH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Adjust rack in oven to lower third. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Combine 3 cups flour, 1 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon cold butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt in a food processor. Pulse until coarse meal forms. Add remaining 1 cup flour; pulse to incorporate. Alternate adding vodka and water to flour mixture a tablespoon at a time, pulsing until dough forms into a ball.
• Divide the dough in half and shape into balls. Roll out each ball to fit a 12-inch deep-dish pie plate. Place bottom crust in pie plate. Brush 1/2 of egg wash over bottom pie crust.
• Bring 3 quarts water to a boil in a large stock pot. Remove from heat. Add apples and let stand 10 minutes; drain. Toss lemon juice and zest together with apples in a large bowl.
• Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, apple pie spice, and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
• Place 1 layer of apples onto pie crust; sprinkle with some of the spice mixture. Repeat with remaining apples and spice mixture, reserving 1 tablespoon of the spice mixture for top crust. Cover apples with top pie crust; brush with remaining egg wash and sprinkle with remaining spice mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C); bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes more.

TWO CRUSTED PIE DOUGH

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor process the flour with some salt. Add the chilled shortening and butter at once and pulse the machine for 15 seconds until the fat is broken up into oatmeal sized pieces.
• Add 2 tablespoons of ice water and process; if the dough is dry, add more water, one tablespoon at a time. Be sure your dough holds together and absorbs enough water. If it is too dry you'll have a hard time rolling it out.
• Divide the dough into two pieces, one slightly larger than the other and roll out larger half into a 12inch circle.
• Line a 10inch deep glass pie plate with the 12-inch circle and chill the dough. Roll out other half into a 10 1/2inch round for top crust and transfer to a baking dish and refrigerate.

GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pulse graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, and salt in a food processor until combined.
• Firmly press crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie dish. Bake until crust is fragrant and edges are golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.

PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Cut crisco into flour and salt.
• Add cold water and mix (except for the vinegar and fried piecrust you add the egg and vinegar and water).
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• Mix everything together and roll out on floured surface.
• cut crisco into flour and salt.
• Add egg, water and vinegar.
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• Cut flour into crisco and salt, add egg, water, and vinegar.
• Mix well and roll out on floured surface.
• Add the filling of your choice and fry in hot oil.
• Drain on papertowels.

PASTRY FOR EXTRA-LARGE DOUBLE-CRUST PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Divide dough in half so that one ball is slightly larger than the other. Roll out larger ball to fit an 11-1/2-in. to 12-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate; trim even with edge of plate. , Pour desired filling into crust. Roll out second ball; cut slits in pastry. Position over filling. Trim pastry to 1 in. beyond edge of pie plate. Fold top crust over bottom crust. Flute edges. Bake according to recipe directions.

APPLE, CRANBERRY, CURRANT PIE W/ LEMON-NUTMEG CRUST

Steps:

• Crust: Combine flour, sugar, salt, zest, nutmeg & butter in food processor. Blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add lemon juice as a stream with motor on & process until moist clumps form. Gather dough into 2 balls, flatten into disks. Wrap each disc in wax paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minute.
• Position oven rack in lowest third of oven & preheat to 400°F Roll out 1 disc of dough to 12 inch round and place in 9 in pie dish. Trim to leave 1/2 inch overhang.
• Pie Filling: Combine all ingredients (except 1 T sugar) and spoon into crust.
• Roll out 2nd dough disk to 12-inch round and place atop pie filling. Crimp edges decoratively. Cut several slits to allow steam to escape. Sprinkle w/ remaining sugar.
• Bake until crust is golden brown, apples are tender and juices bubble thickly, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool 20 minutes before serving.