Double Mix Butter Pie Crust

You will need a food processor for this recipe.

Single Crust Ingredients:
1st Mix Ingredients:
¾ Cup (3.8 oz.) All Purpose Flour (weigh for accuracy)
½ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
8 Tbsp. (1 stick) COLD! unsalted butter.  ¼ tsp. salt if using salted butter (Cut into small cubes) (weigh for accuracy)

2nd Mix Ingredients:
½ Cup (2.5 oz.) All Purpose Flour (weigh for accuracy)
1 tsp. baking powder (Optional)
2 Tbsp.  Course shredded (use a box grater) FROZEN  unsalted butter
4 Tbsp. water (ice cold!)

Double Crust Ingredients:
1st Mix Ingredients:
1½ Cup (7.6 oz.) All Purpose Flour (weigh for accuracy)
1  tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
16 Tbsp. (2 sticks) COLD! unsalted butter.  ½ tsp. salt if using salted butter (Cut into small cubes) (weigh for accuracy)

2nd Mix Ingredients:
1 Cup (5 oz.) All Purpose Flour (weigh for accuracy)
2 tsp. baking powder (Optional)
4 Tbsp.  Course shredded (use a box grater) FROZEN  unsalted butter
8 Tbsp. water (ice cold!)

Top Crust Recommendation:
Add baking powder option to the double mix butter pie dough for the top crusts on double crust pies. It makes the crust more delicate, brittle, and crisp, breaking easily when eating it, and does not smash the filling out when taking a bite out with fork. 

Keep bottom crust without the baking powder for better stability when lifting a slice out and eating it. 

Directions:
In the mixing stage, this dough will be more moist than most pie dough, but as it chills it will absorb a lot of excess moisture, becoming supple and workable.

1.  Grate 2 tablespoons butter on large holes of box grater and place in freezer. Cut remaining 8 tablespoons butter into ½-inch cubes and put in refrigerator.

2.  Pulse ¾ cup flour, sugar, and salt in food processor until combined, 2 pulses. Add cubed butter and process until homogeneous paste forms, about 30- 60 seconds. Using your hands, carefully break paste into 2-inch chunks and redistribute evenly around processor blade. Add remaining ½ cup flour and pulse until mixture is broken into pieces no larger than 1 inch (most pieces will be much smaller), 4 to 8 pulses. Transfer mixture to medium bowl. Add grated butter and toss until butter pieces are separated and coated with flour.

3.  Sprinkle 2 tablespoons ice water over mixture. Toss with rubber spatula (or large blending fork) until mixture is evenly moistened. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons ice water over mixture and toss to combine. Press dough with spatula until dough sticks together. Transfer dough to sheet of plastic wrap. Draw edges of plastic over dough and press firmly on sides and top to form compact, fissure-free mass. Wrap in plastic and flatten to form 5-inch disk. Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days. Let chilled dough sit on counter to soften slightly, about 10 minutes, before rolling. (Wrapped dough can be frozen for up to 1 month. If frozen, let dough thaw completely on counter before rolling.)

4.  Roll dough into 12-inch circle on well-floured counter. Roll dough loosely around rolling pin and unroll it onto 9-inch pie plate, leaving at least 1-inch overhang around edge. Ease dough into plate corners by gently lifting edge of dough with your hand while pressing into plate bottom with your other hand.

5.  Trim overhang to 1/2 inch beyond lip of plate. Tuck overhang under itself; folded edge should be flush with edge of plate. Crimp dough evenly around edge of plate using your fingers. Refrigerate or freeze until the dough gets VERY cold and almost frozen.