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Tallow Pie Crust  


A classic, made with wholesome ingredients. The tallow creates an extra-flakey crust, while the butter flavors it, you get a perfect bite every time! 

 

Prep Time:10 minutes 

Cook Time:20 minutes 

Makes: 2 Pie Crusts 

Author:Alizabeth Anderson 

 

Ingredients 

  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour 

  • 1 tsp. salt 

  • ½ cupgrass-fedbutter, chilled and cubed 

  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp. deer tallow, frozen and grated 

  • Ice water 

 

Directions 

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt, stir to mix.Add cubed butter and grated tallow. Cut into the flour with a large fork of pastry blender (aka pastry cutter). You are looking for a pebbly texture that varies in size. Work fast, and if you feel that the fats are melting, throw the entire bowl in the fridge to cool down before continuing. 

  1. Once mixed, add in ice water a few tablespoons at a time. Start off with 2 to 3 tablespoons, mix by hand, then add 1 tablespoon at a time until you can form a ball with the dough. 

  1. Roll the dough into a ball andsplit half. Wrap each half individually with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for an hour at least before rolling out. 

  1. At this point, you can wrap the dough tight and refrigerate or freeze for later useor preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare a filling. 

  1. Lightly flour your work surface and roll out one of the pie dough balls to aroughly 12-inch circle. Grease a 9-inch piepan and place the pie dough in the pan. From here, ifyou're feeling fancy, you can make the edges of the pie crust pretty with ridges and folds, or ifyou're like me, just leave it rustic.Fill as you wish and enjoy! 

Enjoy.


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