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Press In Pan Pie Crust

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 Tbsp cold water

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, stir flour, salt and oil until all flour is moistened. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 Tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork until all water is absorbed.

  2. Gather pastry into a ball. Press in bottom and up side of 9 inch glass pie plate.

  3. Fill and bake as directed in pie recipe.

Recipe Notes

Recipe credit to my handy Betty Crocker Cookbook, page 127, Press-in-the-Pan Oil Pastry

I love using this pastry to make my kids' favorite quiche. If you are using it to make quiche, bake at 425F for 10 minutes, then take it out and follow the instructions for the quiche (fill with eggs etc.) and put it back in the oven to bake with the filling as directed.