Whole Wheat Pie Crust

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Light, buttery and flaky pie crust made with whole wheat pastry flour.

Prep Time5

Chill time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Jamie N, Registered Dietitian

Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tbsp cold salted butter diced
3 tbsp milk whole or 2%
1 tbsp maple syrup
4 tbsp ice cold water

Optional

1 egg whisked for egg wash
2-3 tsp sanding sugar or turbinado sugar for topping sweet pie crusts, like apple pie

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl combine whole wheat flour and salt. Cut in butter using a pastry cutter or 2 forks until the butter is roughly in pea to chickpea sized pieces.
Next, add milk, syrup, and ice water. Mix dough gently with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until evenly combined. Note: if dough is not sticking together, add 1-2 more tbsp of ice cold water.
Switch to clean hands and gently form dough into a dough ball. Cut in half and form two even balls. *Note: This makes two pie crusts for a top and bottom crust, so if you only need one pie crust (ex: pumpkin pie), you can halve the recipe to make just one or freeze one.
Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and flatten each ball into a disk. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Once the dough has refrigerated for at least 30 minutes, transfer dough to a lightly floured flat surface. Sprinkle some flour on the top of the dough and lightly coat rolling pin with flour.
Roll each dough disk into a circle that is roughly 12 inches in diameter.
Carefully place dough into the pie dish, gently pressing into the dish. Use your fingers to crimp the dough or shape edges as desired. Be careful that the edges are not too thin on top of the pie plate to prevent burning.
For a single-crusted pie (like pumpkin pie), fill the pie crust and then bake as directed according to pie recipe.
For a double-crusted pie (like apple pie), fill the pie crust with filling and then top with second rolled out pie crust.
Optional: Whisk together 1 egg + 1-2 tbsp water and use a pastry brush to brush on the surface of the crust before baking. You can also sprinkle with some sanding sugar or turbinado sugar for sweet crusts, like apple pie.
Bake pie as directed in pie recipe.

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