*The canning tutorial is being postponed. I will have it up this weekend. I got a spark of inspiration in the middle of the night last night which resulted in me singing Harry Connick Jr to myself at precisely 2:36 AM and yes, I swear, it has a lot to do with the canning tutorial!
This is just one of my basic recipes that has come in handy for me on several occasions. I am HUGE fan of storebought pie crusts! Of course, we can make them at home but I just don’t have the time or desire to go to the trouble to make a proper pastry most days. Thats where this pie crust comes in!
This is easy peasy – it doesn’t even dirty up a bowl because you mix it all up in the pie pan! I love the flavor of it as well. This goes great for good old fashioned pies.
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Next up on the Southern Plate docket, Old Fashioned Lemon Chess Pie!
- 1 + ½ Cup Flour
- 1 + ½ teaspoons Sugar
- 1 teaspoons Salt
- ½ Cup Cooking Oil
- 2 Tablespoon milk
- Mix flour, salt, and sugar in pie pan. While stirring, add milk. Slowly add oil, still stirring and stopping with a good dough forms (may not need all of the oil). Mix well with a fork and pat out to fit pan. Bake at 350 until brown, usually about ten minutes.
Yum 
I love how you put thigs into words and how you love cooking. Fun to follow. I´m your new fan from Chile !!! I´ll start with tis pie crust today !
Tatiana
Thank you Tatiana, I hope you enjoy it!!
I just made the crust. Was a little skeptical cuz I was making a mess on my counter, but I also was using a regular pie plate not a deep dish. Kept workin’ it and it came together great. Let it rest in frig about 10 mins. before blind baking in oven. Am making the tomato pie from ur site for the second time with this new crust recipe. Loved it before!! Thanks, I’m gonna use it in future and pass along!
When you blind bake this, do you pierce the botton with a fork or use pie weights? MTIA.
Christy, I wish you would always tell whether you use self-rising or all purpose flour in all of your recipes. I’m always afraid I’m using the wrong one. Thanks!! I LOVE your site and cook from it all the time!!
Hey Janice! I usually do in my posts nowadays, this one is three or four years old, when I first started.
Anytime I don’t specify though, it is ALWAYS all purpose. Hope this helps and thanks!
If you look at the photo of her ingredients, you can see that it’s all purpose.
Hi Christy 🙂
I usually use yams…maybe because the outside skin is darker in color thinking maybe more flavor or something? Lol! I dont know. I’m going to use sweet potatoes this time. I loooove sweet pototoe pie but mom doesn’t cook any more so its up to me. 😀
Question: Can I use the easy pie pan crust that you have? If so, do I still need to bake the crust *before* filling it ? Thanks.
Oh and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and everyone on this site. 🙂
I hope this is as easy as it looks! Thanks for all the easy recipes.
My pie crust was crunchy why? I didn’t put in the fridge for 10 min befor baking could that by why?
It will be flaky, that is normal, but the way you describe it as “crunchy” says maybe it baked a little too long?
For chocolate chess, should the crust be baked before or after filling the crust?
made the crust twice now and it really was good, just wondering though was it suppose to be crumbly? it was horrible to a little too much I think, I didn’t use all the oil specified because the first time I made it it was to sticky and oily. also, wondering if I could substitute the oil with butter instead? thanks for this recipe though I failed every other time I tried making a homemade crust. bless you!!
I didn’t mean horrible I meant it too say a little too crumbly I think, but tasted really good, have no idea where that word got in that post..
Thank you so much for this pie crust recipe. I am always needing a pie crust and no way to go to the store. lol. This has solved my problem. 🙂
Love your website and all the delish recipes.
you will noit answer the question of does it have to be baked?????????????making a apple pic…..i dont think i want to bake the crust… several people have asked… and nobody addresses this… thanks
I’ll answer any question but with hundreds of comments a day some of them escape my notice. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on my super powers to kick in 🙂
It depends on the pie you are making. That recipe will tell you whether you use an unbaked or baked crust.
Thank you Christie, for this easy pie crust recipe. I like that it does not need to be rolled out on my countertop. 🙂
That is one of my favorite things about this pie crust too Joanne!!
Is it ok to use water instead of milk because of dairy allergies?
thanks, susan
Could you use rice or almond milk?
This mix in the pan pie crust has saved my dinner so many times when I don’t have the time or counter space to roll one out! I have also forgotten to bake it first many times, or just skipped it when pressed for time and it always turned out fine for me.
I am so glad you like it!!!
Do you double the recipe for deep dish pie? Do you prick the crust before baking? Thank you. I am new to your site and have already been at the computer for two hours! Making the coconut meringue pie for a friend’s birthday. The recipe looks so good and the reviews are awesome!