To make this easy gluten free pie crust recipe you’ll need some all-purpose GF flour, salt, sugar, unsalted butter, shortening, and ice water. You’ll never go back to buying store-bought gluten free pie crusts again once you learn how to make your own!
Pie Crust
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all purpose gluten free flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter cold & cubed
- ½ cup vegetable shortening cold & cubed
- ½ cup ice water
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, add sugar, and salt until well combined.
- Add the cold cubed butter and cold vegetable shortening.
- Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut them into the dry ingredients until you have small pea-sized crumbs
- Slowly drizzle in one tablespoon of ice water at a time and gently mix it in until the dough starts to come together.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pack it into a ball.
- Cut the dough in half and flatten it into two discs.
- Cover each one tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Baking Pie Crust
- Roll the dough out to 12 inches in diameter, transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie plate, gently fit it in, trim any excess dough, and decorate the edges.
- Line the pie dough with parchment paper or foil, making sure to cover the bottom and the sides, then fill with pie weights
- Bake with the pie weights at 400°F (190°C) for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, remove the parchment paper (or foil) and the pie weights.
- Prick the bottom of the pie crust with a fork to prevent bubbling and return to the oven.
- For a partially baked pie crust: Return the crust to the oven and bake for another 5 minutes or until the bottom of the crust looks dry.
- For a fully baked pie crust: Return to the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
Recipe Tips & Notes
You’ll absolutely love this recipe because it’s:
- Super flaky
- Ridiculously easy to make ahead of time
- Uses simple pantry staples you likely have on hand
- Tastes better than anything that you can buy at the store
Making your own pie should never be intimidating. This tutorial on how to make your own homemade crust makes it easy! We’ve tried this with both sweet and savoury pie dishes, always with great success every time.
Searching for an all-purpose gluten free flour? Find a great selection of APGFF options online including Cup4Cup, Bob’s Red Mill and more. The all-purpose flour you choose will play a big roll in the flavour of your crusts, so take the time to find something you love.
Try this pie crust with our Gluten Free Chicken Pot Pie or our delicious Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie Recipe!
2 Responses
What’s a substitute for evap milk?
When do you add the pumpkin filling to the crust? Half baked, no bake?
Hi Sandy,
The best substitutes for evaporated milk are regular milk, non-dairy milk, half and half, heavy cream, and powdered milk. All of these ingredients can be used when a recipe calls for evaporated milk. You can almost use any kind of milk instead of evaporated milk with a little tweaking.
When using a frozen pie shell, we half baked. When using a fresh pie shell, no baked. Both worked great.