This is a great recipe to make multiple pies from. You can get creative and either use a while top crust or cut strips to make a lattice top crust. You can also roll out and cut shapes with cookie cutters or shape cutters to bake on top crust for decorations. A common top crust decoration is cherry cutouts or leaf cutouts. This adds a beautiful touch to your pies.

This recipe is based on a 3-2-1 (Flour : Butter : Water) ratio from the "Ratio" book. It's really easy to remember and very easy to make! This recipe makes enough for a full 8 or 9 inch pie (22-23 cm) with top and bottom crust, or two bottom pie crusts. You can easily halve this recipe if you only need one bottom crust.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/12/p-p-p-pie_crust_and_its_p-p-p-perfect/Makes enough for three pie crusts.

perfect crust, I have shared this with many people and to buy a crust would be sacrilegious!

Flaky and tasty

My friend who loves cooking taught me this recipe when I was living in England.Do not knead the dough.Chill the butter until use and do not let it melt.Be quick in your prep. Recipe by Fushicche

You'll never use shortening again!

very good and easy to make

Easy, fast and delicious

The pie crust recipe in a cookbook I had was too sticky and hard to work, so I adapted it using a crispy biscuit recipe that I had. I used 300 g of medium-strength or all-purpose flour this time. I tried various ratios of flours, but this recipe worked well with all cake flour or 100 g of bread flour + 200 g of cake flour too. I love how this pie stays crispy even the next day. There's no need to fold the crust, plus you only need one bowl.The cream cheese and butter blend better if you work them with your hands, but they do melt with your body temperature. If you use a fork, they blend better with the flour and your hands don't get messy. If you knead it or the cream cheese and butter melt while you're making the crust, the layers won't form properly, so it's best to chill the cream cheese and butter very well beforehand, and to make a crumbly crust quickly. Chilled ingredients will result in the nicest crust when baked. This recipe yields around 8 to 10 mini-pies about the size of your palm, or one double pie crust. If you only need the bottom crust for a pie, use half the listed amounts. Recipe by Koharumama

See how easy it is to make your own homemade pie crust!