Evan Kleiman's Classic 3-2-1 Pie Crust: This is the first pie dough I ever learned to make. It’s made up of 3 parts flour, 2 parts fat and 1 part liquid. I first made it with all the ingredients measured in cups, but I now find that using a scale is more consistent and easier, especially if I want to use a combination of fats or if I’m making dough for 10 pies at a time.
Find an app for your phone that has ratios for culinary standards and does the math for you. Experiment with different types of fats within the ratio. Butter, rendered leaf lard, solid coconut oil and Crisco all have their fans and lend specific characteristics to the crusts. My go to crust is either all butter or 5 ounces butter and 3 ounces rendered leaf lard. This makes enough pastry for one double crust 9” pie. If you’re using high fat butter that has less moisture you may find that you’ll need the full 5 ounces of water.
