The Surprising Secret to a Super-Flaky Piecrust

You might know that the secret to getting a tender piecrust ever is to include small clusters of butter in your pie dough. But how do you get them that way? Williams Sonoma Culinary Director Amanda Haas lets you in on the secret: a tool that's usually reserved for the likes of mac and cheese. Keep watching to find out her trick.

[summersez]

Why. Why did you not show the dough "coming together"? How are we to know what the dough is suppose to look like when you've decided it has "come together". I can't understand why videos always manage to skip the most important part of the process. If THAT part is not right, the rest of it will fail.

[cruzsoto]

You didn't tell us how much flour you used!

[bigsidable]

That was awesome. Knew I should have brought some shares. Nice. I just love cooking. Food. Is love.

[juliecastro]

Your a genius! Thank you for your help! Mine came out SUPER FLAKY now everyone in ny family is happy 😊🎆 Happy New Years Blessings

[Elena-mkbf]

Use butter from fridge, not freezer, and grate it dipping it in flour all the time. When the butter is from the fridge, the mix will not be too cold and for that reason the dough will be more likely to come together and you will have a better chance judging how much water it needs.

[alking]

I subscribed but can't find the recipe.

[pamelabattle]

Would have been nice to get the recipes but it looks good

[jeanfitzsimmons]

What Ingredients are added to the flour & what kind of flour?

[dietrevich]

I don't know they manage to add so little water and it not come out like short bread, cause that's what happens to me. I use more water.

[sandrajones]

Is it crispy on the bottom? That where they get soggy.

[kyliefan]

I find it’s funny that people make a good crust but then don’t know how to make a perfect flute on the crust! I might try with lard!

[melaniabettarelli]

My pies always come out on the mealy / crumbly side. I hate that

[seamus]

Pies are pretty much the same, and yet each one is different when using fruits. She didn't say how much Flour for two crusts. Usually 2 to 2.5 cups. And ice water is usually 6 to 10 tbls. 2.5 cups of flour is great if your making a pie heavy with fruit. If it's a sort of flat pie, 2 cups should be enough.

[aimaim]

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 Tbs. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
8 Tbs. (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
3 Tbs. very cold water

[jaycal]

You need to put ice cream on that...its the law.

[ianscianablo]

It's VERY hard grating frozen butter sticks! Sounds much easier than it really is.

[melodynakamura]

This is not the same recipe as on their site. Also, way too little water.

[viennehaake]

Recipe comes out crumbly w not enough water- cracks when rolling out- no cohesion of the dough but they edit the rolling out part.

[jackieskitchenmore]

I am looking for a recipe, this video was a waste of time

[Heyitskaatie]

Turned out terrible! Would not bind, took forever to make it bind making it over worked and hard like leather.