For a basic crust that makes two single-crust pies or one double-crust pie, find our easy recipe for pie crust here.
What You’ll Need for Our Simple Single Pie Crust Recipe
1¼ cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for rolling the dough½ cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces1 tablespoon sugar½ teaspoon kosher salt3 to 4 tablespoons ice water
How to Make Pie Crust
The Best Pie Weights Substitute
It’s a no brainer: if you’re trying to parbake, prebake, or blind-bake a pie crust and don’t have pie weights on hand, use dried beans. Simply set a sheet of foil or parchment paper on top of the dough, then fill it up with dried beans. If you’re out of those, feel free to use dried rice or popcorn kernels instead using the same method.
