Easy Homemade Buttery Shortbread Crust
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbs confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a medium bowl, mix butter, flour, and powdered sugar until crumbly.
- In an 8-inch or 9-inch pie plate, pat crumb mixture evenly being sure to come up the sides to the edge. Crimp the dough with a fork or fingers.
- For a pre-baked crust such as for an icebox fruit pie, cream pie or chiffon pie, bake for 25 minutes.
- Cook's Note: You can cut down on the powdered sugar when making a savory pie. You can also substitute a sugar substitute like Trivia for the sugar.
Notes
Easy Homemade Buttery Shortbread Crust
Easy Homemade Buttery Shortbread Crust is made with your hands and not a rolling pin, patting dough around the pie plate into a crust. Taste just like a shortbread cookie. Perfect for cream pies. Don't even need a rolling pin for this one, just a fork to mix with and a bowl. You press the buttery crumbs evenly in the pie plate and bake. See what I mean so easy!