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Oil pie crust recipe

I discovered a new, favorite pie crust this weekend! I just recently purchased Pushing Daisies on DVD and became inspired! (again, I know) When Chuck begins harvesting honey for her cup pies- I became intrigued. I have never used honey in a pie crust recipe before and started thinking how it would best work. (go here to read about my Pushing Daisies recaps and recipes - from the point of view of a pie-a-holic)

I knew that it would be difficult to find the right consistency with a shortening recipe, so I opted to use the oil based recipe.

If you are unfamiliar with the delicious simplicity of the oil based pie crust, let me inform. You mix the five ingredients (recipe below) into the pie plate, and smash around the edges. Bake for a few and add your filling. Super simple, eh?

Now that I had resolved myself to this experiment, then came the difficult questions. How much to do you add? And, if you do add honey, do you still add sugar?

I decided that I would try two tablespoons and keep the sugar.
It was delicious.
Oil Pastry Recipe with Honey.
1½ cup of flour
½ cup of oil
2 tbsp of sugar
2 tbsp of cold water
2 tbsp of honey
½ tsp of salt

Add all ingredients to you pie plate. Mix together (preferably with a silicone spatula) and flatten around the edges. Bake without filling at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until slightly golden.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
3 tablespoons granulated white sugar
1/4 cup vegetable shortening, cold
12 tablespoons butter, cold and cubed
1/4 cup to 1/2 cup ice water

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt and sugar.
Add the shortening and break it up with your hands as you start to coat it all up with the flour.
Add the cold butter cubes and work it into the flour with your hands or a pastry cutter.
Work it quickly, so the butter doesn't get too soft, until the mixture is crumbly, like very coarse cornmeal.
Add the ice water, a little at a time, until the mixture comes together forming a dough. Bring the dough together into a ball.
When it comes together stop working it otherwise the dough will get over-worked and tough.
Divide the dough in half and flatten it slightly to form a disk shape.
Wrap each disk in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
On a floured surface roll each disk out into a 10 to 11-inch circle to make a 9-inch pie.

Source: Food Network

Pie Crust Recipes

Oil pie crust recipe

Graham Cracker pie crust recipe

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Gingersnap pie crust recipe

Vanilla wafer pie crust recipe

Paula Deen's Perfect Pie Crust