Pie Crust

I’m going to be posting the recipes I used for my pie competition over the next couple of days. The first thing needed when baking pies is a crust. I’ve actually never made full sized pie crusts before. I went with a William Sonoma recipe that is similar to most pie crust recipes out there. I used butter flavored Crisco and the crusts turned out flaky and delicious. I made 4 crusts even though I only needed 3 just in case I needed that extra one.

See WS link for ingredient list for 1 pie crust and for food processor method. I made sure everything was VERY cold before making my crusts. I measured the ingredients into bowl and put them in the freezer for 45 minutes. I also put my mixing bowl and pastry cutter into the freezer for about 20 minutes.

Pie crust – from William Sonoma
For a 9-inch double-crust pie:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup vegetable shortening
6 to 7 Tbs. cold water

Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and toss together. Add the shortening. With your fingertips, 2 knives or a pastry blender, blend the ingredients together, working quickly, until you have a mixture of tiny, irregular flakes and bits about the size of coarse bread crumbs. Sprinkle on the water, 1 Tbs. at a time, stirring gently with a fork after each addition. Add just enough water for the dough to form a rough mass.

With floured hands, pat the dough into a smooth disk (or into 2 disks, one just slightly larger than the other, if you are making a double-crust pie). The dough is now ready to use. It is not necessary to refrigerate the dough before rolling out (unless you included some butter), although for convenience it may be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

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13 Responses to “Snickerdoodle Ice Cream”

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    MamaPez — May 20, 2013 at 7:24 am

    Wow, that sounds amazing. I’m a fan of snickerdoodles, not a huge fan of ice cream (I can take it or leave it) but this one sounds right up my alley!

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — May 20, 2013 at 8:01 am

    I had a feeling you’d be making ice cream with the leftover cookies! Can you please send some my way? 🙂

    • beantownbaker — May 20th, 2013 @ 8:17 am

      Ha! Sorry for being so predictable 😉 Believe me, I wish there was still some leftover in our freezer right now. I might just have to cave and make this again for my sister this weekend…

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    Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — May 20, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Might be the best use of leftover frozen cookies I’ve ever seen. Yum!

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    tracy {pale yellow} — May 20, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    I’ve been loving snickerdoodles lately! Snickerdoodles in ice cream sound fantastic!

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    Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) — May 21, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    I seriously need this ice cream this summer. I am so addicted to snickerdoodles so adding it to ice cream is so genius, I can’t even stand it!

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    Shannon — May 22, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    sounds like you’re going to be baking more snickerdoodles this weekend 🙂 i’m definitely going to try this one, too!

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    Nutmeg Nanny — May 24, 2013 at 11:01 am

    Oh wow, I love this! I bet this tastes like heaven 🙂

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    Dina — May 25, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    sounds delish! i love snickerdoodles and cookie pieces in ice cream!

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    Nicki — June 16, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    how much icecream does this recipe make?

    • beantownbaker — June 16th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm

      ~3 cups if I remember correctly.

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    Kelly — January 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    HI, I’ve never used coconut milk, but want to be prepared when I go shopping tomorrow….2 cans…how many ounces is that? Recipe sounds delish, can’t wait to try it!!

    • beantownbaker — January 28th, 2014 @ 8:54 am

      The cans I buy are 13.5 oz each.

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