Lemon Single-Crust Pie Dough

Name: Lemon Single-Crust Pie Dough
Yield: Makes one 9-inch single crust
Ingredients: 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, chilled, divided; 1¼ cups (6¼ ounces), all-purpose flour, divided; 1 tablespoon, sugar; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ cup, ice water, divided; 4 teaspoons, grated lemon zest

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This is our go-to dough: It’s supremely supple and extremely easy to roll out. Even better, it bakes up buttery, tender, and flaky.

SERVESMakes one 9-inch single crust

TIME30 minutes, plus 2 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

How did we do it? First we used the food processor to coat two-thirds of the flour with butter, creating a water-resistant paste-like mixture. Next we broke that dough into pieces, coated the pieces with the remaining flour, and tossed in g...

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