Making homemade pie dough is easy and so worth it! Try this simple food processor pie dough recipe for all your pies, mini pies, galettes, and more.
While store-bought pie crust is a great solution in a pinch, it doesn’t come close to the flavor, texture, and quality of homemade pie dough.
And, making pie dough from scratch is easier than you think! I’ve tried and tweaked a lot of different homemade pie crust recipes over the years. And this easy food processor pie dough recipe is my absolute favorite.
Try it for yourself, and I think you will love it, too!
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🌟 Why this recipe works
This easy pie crust recipe works for so many reasons.
- Simple ingredients – You only need a handful of simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand. If not, these are all ingredients you can easily find at your local grocery store.
- Food processor – The food processor does a lot of the work for you. So easy!
- Rich flavor – This homemade pie dough is so buttery and tender. The most delicious base for your baked goods.
- Freezer-friendly – This is a great recipe to double so that you have one to use right away and you can freeze the other for another time.
🛒 Ingredient notes
You can make pie dough with just a few ingredients.
- Flour – This recipe calls for all-purpose flour. I have not tested it with any other type of flour, so I can’t guarantee any other type of flour would work. But if you do try a substitution, like gluten free flour or wheat flour, please leave a comment and let us know how it turned out!
- Sugar – Granulated sugar adds a touch of sweetness, enhancing the flavor of the crust. It also encourages browning, giving the dough a lovely golden brown sheen when it bakes.
- Salt – Kosher salt balances the sweetness from the sugar.
- Butter – Use cold, unsalted butter and cut it into small cubes.
- Egg – Lightly beat a large egg. Eggs add richness to the dough and also help bind the dry ingredients together.
- Vinegar – I swear by adding vinegar to my pie dough! It acts as a mild preservative and helps prevent the dough from being overworked and getting tough.
- Water – You’ll mix ice cold water and vinegar with the egg.
- Egg wash – Lightly beat a second egg with a little water to create an egg wash. You will use this to brush on the dough before it bakes.
✅ Step-by-step instructions
Here are some step-by-step photos to show you just how easy it is to make pie dough in a food processor. Find ingredient measurements and detailed instructions in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the first egg, vinegar, and ice cold water.
- Add the flour, salt, sugar to a food processor. Pulse to combine.
- Add the cubes of butter to the food processor. Pulse to combine.
4. Slowly add the egg/vinegar/water mixture into the food processor and
5. Continue to pulse to combine, until the dough starts to come together.
6. Remove the dough from the food processor and form a disc. Wrap well in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes up to overnight before rolling out and using.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe FAQs
While vinegar can be left out of the recipe, I have found it to make a difference in the dough. I now never make my dough without vinegar.
Yes! Wrap in plastic wrap and then place into a freezer bag and freeze for up to two months.
🍽 Serving ideas
You can use this pie dough for many different desserts!
- Use it as a classic pie crust, like for cinnamon pie, chocolate bourbon pecan pie, and mini pecan pies.
- Make blueberry galettes, cherry galettes, and mixed berry galettes with this pie dough recipe.
- Use it to form tart shells for your favorite tart recipes.
- It makes a great crust for salmon quiche and bacon mushroom spinach quiche.
- Make empanadas.
- Use it to make air fryer hand pies and peach mango hand pies.
- It’s a great base crust for air fryer chicken pot pie.
🍳 Kitchen tools and equipment
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Easy Pie Dough Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- ½ teaspoon distilled white vinegar
- ¼ cup ice cold water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) cold, unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, white vinegar, and water. Set aside.
- In a food processor, add the flour, sugar, salt. Pulse to combine.
- Gradually add the butter cubes and continue pulsing until the butter is well incorporated.
- Pour in the egg/vinegar/water mixture and pulse to combine all ingredients and create the dough.
- Shape the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes up to overnight before using.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
