Vegan Pie Crust

This vegan pie crust is perfectly flaky, easy, and delicious! With just a few simple ingredients you probably already have on-hand, you’ll have a flawless pie crust ready to be filled with anything you’d like.

What Makes This Recipe So Good

• It’s surprisingly easy to make! Most pie crusts have a tendency to be tricky to put together. However, this vegan version comes together in just a few simple steps and is utterly foolproof.
• It bakes up perfectly flaky and tender! This trusty vegan pie crust is the perfect base to all of your favorite pie recipes.
• It can be easily frozen for future use! I love prepping a double batch of this vegan pie crust, then freezing it for recipes later on. This makes throwing together your favorite pie recipes extra easy, especially when it comes to holiday baking!

Key Ingredients

All Purpose Flour – This kitchen staple is the base to any pie crust recipe. Avoid replacing the all purpose flour with any other type of flour, as it really does yield the perfect, most flaky crust. And don’t put the flour away after you’ve incorporated it into the dough. You’ll want to reach for a few extra sprinklings of all purpose flour when rolling out the pie crust, to avoid any sticking!

Vegetable Shortening – Vegetable shortening replaces the butter in this veganized version of a classic. I actually prefer shortening over butter in all of my pie crusts! Vegetable shortening has a higher melting point, making it much easier to work with than butter. However, if you prefer the taste of butter in your pie crust, you can replace half of the shortening with half a cup of cold vegan butter. If using vegan butter, make sure that it is very cold before incorporating it into the flour.

Chef’s Tips

• Make sure your shortening and water are super cold for this recipe. For extra cold water, I recommend filling a glass with ice water, then using that to make the dough. And for the shortening, I stick it in the fridge for at least one hour before diving into this recipe!
• You’re free to use this crust any which way you’d like! Simply incorporate it into any recipe that calls for a batch of pie crust, and bake however that recipe instructs. This vegan pie crust works the same as any other pie crust, trust me!
• Feel free to make this pie crust in the food processor, if you’d like! To do this, simply place the flour, sugar, salt, and shortening in a food processor and give it a few pulses until crumbly. Then, slowly pour the water into the food processor while it’s on, until a dough forms – do not mix beyond that point!

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