Flaky Sour Cream Pie Crust

Sour Cream Pie Crust is an easy homemade pie crust recipe that is extremely forgiving. It makes a delicious buttery pastry crust that is so tender, and flaky. It's so simple and I absolutely love that it makes a great first time pie crust recipe. The fat in the sour cream takes the place of water that can contribute to a tough pie crust from the gluten in the flour being over developed during rolling and shaping.

Sour Cream Pie Crust is one of my go to pie crust recipes along with my other favorite Flaky Pie Crust Recipe and Gluten Free Pie Crust for when we have guests with dietary restrictions. Sour Cream Pie Crust is one of my staples for Thanksgiving and Christmas pies! 

This pie crust recipe came about after heading to the grocery store and picking up everything to make a Very Berry Pie, came home and I discovered I had no shortening to make my traditional Flaky Pie Crust.

What to do, what to do..

Then I debated making an all butter crust but my luck in the past hasn't been so lucky with that one and then I remembered how deliciously flaky the crust was in the Flaky Blackberry Turnovers I adapted last year from Dori Greenspan.

It was flaky, light and shattered nicely. So I adapted the recipe to make a double 9 inch pie crust.

Amazingly delicious and easy... Enough said!

Here's how to make Flaky Sour Cream Pie Crust:

Combine in a large bowl:

• 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt 

Cut in 1/2 cup Butter until the size of  peas. 

Cut in remaining 1/2 cup butter until pea sized.

Stir together:

• 2/3 cup Sour Cream 
• 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar 

Set aside.

When flour butter mixture looks like this slowly drizzle in the sour cream sugar mixture over the top while fluffing flour. 

Slowly add 1 teaspoon at a time of water if needed until dough pulls together.

(This will depend on humidity and how dry the flour is.)

Divide dough in 2 and wrap tightly in plastic wrap or parchment (if you've run out of plastic wrap like me) and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 24 hours.

Roll dough between 2 pieces of parchment or plastic wrap until about 2 inches wider than 9" pie plate. Repeat with remaining dough.

Cook according to directions for pie.

You might also like these other favorite Pie Crust Recipes:

• Flaky Pie Crust
• Gluten Free Pie Crust

A few favorite Pies we love to make using Flaky Sour Cream Pie Crust:

• Best Pumpkin Pie Ever from Life Currents 
• Authentic Key Lime Pie
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
• Lemon Meringue Pie 

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Yield: 10

Author: Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch

Flaky Sour Cream Pie Crust

Sour Cream Pie Crust is an easy homemade pie crust recipe that is extremely forgiving. It makes a delicious pastry crust that is so tender, and flaky.

Prep time: 15 MinInactive time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 15 M

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup Butter, Cut Into Small Cubes
• 2/3 cup Sour Cream
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• Cold Water As Needed

Instructions

1. Combine flour and sea salt in a large bowl.
2. Add 1/2 cup butter, and use a pastry cutter to cut into flour mixture, until the size of peas.
3. Add remaining 1/2 cup butter, and cut into flour butter mixture, until the size of peas.
4. Combine sugar and sour cream.
5. Slowly drizzle sour cream mixture over flour mixture, while tossing to coat evenly.
6. Add water 1 teaspoon at a time if needed, until dough holds together.
7. Divide dough into 2, and wrap in plastic wrap.
8. Refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
9. Roll dough between 2 pieces of parchment or plastic wrap, until about 2 inches wider than 9" pie plate. Repeat with remaining dough.
10. Bake according to directions for pie.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

332.56

Fat

21.70 g

Sat. Fat

13.27 g

Carbs

31.17 g

Fiber

0.84 g

Net carbs

30.33 g

Sugar

7.21 g

Protein

3.80 g

Sodium

363.87 mg

Cholesterol

57.90 mg

The nutritional information and metric conversions are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data. If this important to you, please verify with your favorite nutrition calculator and/or metric conversion tool.

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