How to Make a Homemade Pie Crust Without Making a Mess

I love to cook and I love to bake; however I used to dislike making pies because I hated the mess of making a pie crust and I hated to pay a premium price for frozen pie crust dough. Flour would be sprinkled everywhere and I hated cleaning up the doughy mess afterwards off my counter. Then I found a method that works quite well as far as making a mess; and it still tastes great.

If you carefully follow these instructions you too will be able to create an almost mess free pie crust that is much cheaper and better tasting than the frozen pie crust you purchase in stores.

Here is a list of ingredients:

1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons reduced fat buttermilk (no substitutes)
more all purpose flour as needed

Get your pie pan, it should either be a standard nine inch or a deep dish pan. The pan won't need to be sprayed with cooking spray , this pie crust recipe won't stick very much to your cook ware.

Place the 1 ½ cup all purpose flour into the pan. Then follow it with the tablespoon sugar. The 1 teaspoon salt should be added next. Mix the dry ingredients together with a fork or clean hands. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture. Pour the ½ cup vegetable oil in the center of the well. Follow the oil with the 2 tablespoons reduced fat buttermilk. You can use regular two percent milk in this recipe but you won't get nearly the superior result that you would with real buttermilk. The buttermilk is what will make your pie crust flaky.

If you try buttermilk just once I promise you won't want to cook without it. I use buttermilk in everything from bake goods to my mashed potatoes all with excellent results.

Have a cup or so of extra flour at the ready and a tablespoon measure and set it aside. Mix the ingredients together with clean hands in your pie pan. Feel the texture of the pie crust mixture, it may be more liquid than dough just yet.