Pie Crust - Coconut Oil Recipe

Baking Directions

For a great combination of baking apple; use Granny Smith apples with Braeburn apples, or Northern Spies apples with Newtown apples or all apples together.

Pan size: double crust for a 9 inch pie
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PIE CRUST - Coconut Oil Recipe

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup chilled, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
6 tablespoons chilled coconut oil
1/4 cup ice water
1 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Use a food processor to combine the dry ingredients with the butter and coconut oil. Put the flour, sugar and salt in the food processor and add the chilled coconut oil (broken into pieces).

Pulse until the coconut oil is worked into the flour and no large pieces remain. Add the chilled butter and pulse until the butter is no larger than small peas. At this point dump this mixture into a bowl.

Add the apple cider vinegar to 1/4 cup ice water and then add this mixture to the flour mixture, a couple of tablespoons at a time, pulse until starts to form together. As you continue to add the water the mixture will begin to come together in a ball. At this point you can squeeze the mixture together by hand. Work the dough just enough to bring it all together in a mass.

Divide dough into two equal pieces. Chill the dough for 10 to 20 minutes before using.

This crust is delicious either for double crust pies or for single crust pies where the crust is not pre-baked. When I have attempted to bake the pie crust by itself it tends to melt down and slide to the bottom of the pie pan.