Instructions

You can either do the whole process in a food processor or simply mix everything with your hand in a large glass bowl. Mix flour, salt, and sugar until combined. Add butter and mix and squeeze until mixture becomes crumbly and resembles coarse meal (different size of butter pieces or some large pieces is fine), around 5 minutes or 30 seconds in the food processor.

Add 2 tablespoons of water and keep mixing and folding (pulsing), adding more water as needed, one tablespoon at a time, until the dough isn’t dry and starts to clump together. If using the food processor, do not process to the point that a large ball of dough is formed, rather the dough should be quite crumbly with large clumps.

Turn the dough to a floured surface and form into a ball. It should come together easily without being sticky. Flatten the dough slightly with your hands to form a 1-inch thick disc. Wrap the disc with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before proceeding with your pie recipe.