Perfect Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cupsflour
• 1/4 tspsalt
• 1 stickcold butter — cut into cubes
• 1/4 cupice water — plus more as needed, by the tablespoon

Steps

1. 01

   Mix the flour and salt together.

2. 02

   Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until pea-sized balls form.

3. 03

   Add the ice water to the flour-butter mixture and mix in a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.

4. 04

   Add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until a dough ball forms.

5. 05

   Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1-24 hours, then roll out into a pie crust.