There are times when you really want a pie, but you really don’t want to take the trouble of making a pie crust. Chopping butter into cubes, putting a regular spoonful of ice water, and flour all over the counters while you roll out the dough with a rolling pin … some days it feels meditative and other days it just feels like a hassle.
Well, that fuss-free veneer is never a problem. There is no rolling, no slicing, and it cooks beautifully.
Yes, you heard that right. Not rolling!
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together: flour, oil, cold water (no ice required), baking powder and salt, then press the dough into the pie dish. You can press them with your hands or with a flat bottom glass; It only takes a few moments.
It’s the complete convenience of store-bought peel, but you have control over the ingredients.
For example, you can use any oil you want! Peanuts, olives, avocado, canola … Everything works. It comes out surprisingly thin and flaky.
This is enough to make a single 9 inch pie, and if you need to bake it blindly, just make sure to punch holes in it first with a fork to keep it from swelling too much. If you need a crust, you can double this recipe and simply tear small pieces of dough for the second crust, and scatter them across the top of the pie as a kind of topping.
* Ingredients :
° 2 cups all-purpose flour
° 1/2 cup oil of your choice
° 3 tablespoons of cold water
° Salt 1/2 tsp
° 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.
* Preparation :
1. Grease a 9-inch pastry plate with nonstick spray. Sit aside.
2. In a big bowl, mixing together flour, salt also baking powder.
3. Add oil and water and mix until homogeneous. Pose in the shape of a ball.
4. Press the dough ball into the bottom of the prepared pie dish, and spread it out towards the sides. Using your knuckles or the bottom of a cup, push it evenly across the bottom and top of the plate.
5. Curl or flatten the top edges with the teeth of a fork, fill them with your favorite filling, and bake according to the pie instructions.
Adapted from The Country Cook
Note :
Please note that it is better to prepare some meals from time to time due to some ingredients such as meat, cheese, lots of sugar and fats … etc.
Eating meals with these ingredients all the time can harm your health. “
Enjoy !