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Vodka Pie Crust

Create a flaky, delicious pie crust with your secret ingredient: Vodka! 
Servings: 2 pie crusts

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 TB sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 8 TB shortening cut into 4 and chilled
  • 12 TB butter cut into 1/4 inch pieces and chilled
  • 1/4 cup vodka chilled
  • 1/4 cup ice water

Instructions

  • Process 1 1/2 cup flour, sugar, and salt in a food process until combined. 
  • Scatter butter and shortening over top. 
  • Continue to process until mixed and begins to form uneven clumps - no floury bits. 
  • Scrape bowl ; add remaining flour
  • Pulse until mixture is broken into pieces and evenly distributed. 
  • Transfer to a bowl.
  • Sprinkle vodka and water over flour mixture. 
  • Press with a stiff rubber spatula until it sticks. 
  • Divide in 2. 
  • Put each dough on a sheet of plastic wrap and flatten into a 4 inch disk. 
  • Wrap tightly; refrigerate 1 hour. 
  • Before rolling, let soften slightly (approximately 15 minutes)
  • Roll out - dough will be sticky!
  • Once dough is in the pie dish, freeze for 20 minutes.
  • Bake at 500 for 6 minutes with pie weights.
  • Remove pie weights and bake an additional 5 minutes.
  • Fill with desired filling. Refrigerate. 
  • *IF you wanted to use this vodka pie crust recipe for a savory pie, do not pre-bake the crust. Place filling into an unbaked pie crust and bake it all until cooked through.