Vegan Pie Crust

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Yield 1 pastry shell (8 servings)

This vegan pie crust is made from scratch with four ingredients in 10 minutes! The end result is perfectly flaky, crispy and golden.

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
4 to 5 tablespoons ice water

Directions

In a large bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Shape into a disk; wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. or 10-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Fill or bake crust according to recipe directions.

Nutrition Facts

1 serving: 144 calories, 8g fat (2g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 148mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

This is the recipe we use here at Taste Recipes when we test readers' pie recipes that don't include a specific recipe for the pastry. It's simple and works with so many pie fillings. —Taste Recipes Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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