Flaky Butter Pie Crust Without Shortening - Easy!

Name: Flaky Butter Pie Crust Without Shortening - Easy!
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cup all-purpose flour (plus more for dusting); 1 tsp granulated sugar; ½ tsp salt; 10 tbsp unsalted butter (cubed and very cold); 2 tbsp ice water; 3 tbsp vodka (plus more as needed (see note))

Instructions

Prep:20min

This flaky butter pie crust without shortening is the best never fail flaky pie crust recipe, and so easy! If you're looking for a no fail pie crust with butter, add a little vodka to make it the flakiest, best pie crust recipe ever! You can also double the recipe to make this flaky pastry recipe into a double pie crust recipe!

Updated at: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:29:21 GMT