Foolproof Rye Dough for Single-Crust Pie

Name: Foolproof Rye Dough for Single-Crust Pie
Yield: Makes one 9-inch single crust
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, chilled, divided; ¾ cup (4⅛ ounces), rye flour; 1 tablespoon, sugar; ½ teaspoon, salt; ½ cup (2½ ounces), all-purpose flour; ¼ cup, ice water

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

Once you truly understand how pie dough works, incorporating the flavors and textures of whole-grain flour makes perfect, delicious sense.

SERVESMakes one 9-inch single crust

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2½ hours chilling and 30 minutes cooling

Foolproof Rye Dough for Single-Crust Pie

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our goal was to create a whole-grain pie dough that baked up tender and flaky instead of delicate and crumbly—the typical issues with crusts made with even a portion of whole-grain flour. These problems stem from the fact that whole-grain f...

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