Whole Wheat Pie Crust Recipe: Make it from scratch!

 

Unless you are on a gluten-free diet, making your own homemade whole wheat pie crust is a great way to make your pies a little healthier this year. If you are gluten-free, substitute rice or soy flour for the whole wheat flour. Be sure to read how to mill flour in a blender.

Whole Wheat Pie Crust Recipe

Makes 2 Pie Crusts

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 2/3 cup softened coconut oil or softened butter
• Approximately 1/2 cup cold water

Directions:

1. In a mixer (or by hand if you are daring enough), mix dry ingredients and coconut oil/butter together.
2. Once you have good looking crumbs, slowly start to add your water.
3. You should start to have a pliable ball of dough. Once you reach that consistency you can stop adding water. Depending on your flour, you may need to add more/less water. If you add too much, don’t worry! Just add some more flour to the mixture until you reach the right consistency.
4. On a sheet of wax paper, roll out your dough with a rolling pin. Use extra flour on your rolling pin, wax paper and hands so that the dough doesn’t stick.
5. Once you have a nice flat and round pie crust area, pick it up – wax paper and all.
6. Use the wax paper to turn your crust over and place it in your greased pie pan.
7. Remove wax paper, and shape your pie crust.
8. Trim the ends around the edge of the pie plate.
9. Bake your pie crust at 450 for about 10 minutes until you have a pretty golden brown.

You can skip the last baking part if you will be baking your entire pie for a significant amount of time. I’ve skipped this part, and just gone straight to adding the filling and baking the entire pie in the oven.

I’ve used this recipe trying both coconut oil and butter, and I can’t tell a difference between the two. Since coconut oil is a better fat than butter, you might as well use it! Just don’t add coconut oil to cold flour, as it will harden and you will have a tough time making your dough (I’ve made that mistake several times!).

Once you are finished, you are ready for your scrumptious pie filling. This can also be used for making homemade pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, or breakfast pies. What are some of your favorite pies?

Tagged as: Healthy Holiday, Recipes, Whole Wheat

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