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A close up view of a lattice topped pie, made with a gluten free pie crust.
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Gluten Free Pie Crust

These gluten free pie crust recipes are fantastic - easy to make, handle like a normal crust, and tastes great! You can even make fancy lattice pies!
Each version makes 2 single crusts.
Prep Time5 minutes
Chilling time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Servings: 2 Single pie crusts (or one double crust pie!)
Calories: 1504kcal

Equipment

  • Food Processor

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Version

“Perfect Pie Crust” Lard Version

Instructions

Cream Cheese Version

  • Measure flours, corn starch, brown sugar, xanthan gum, and salt into the bowl of your food processor, blitz to combine.
  • Add cream cheese, blitz a few times until mixture resembles gravel.
  • Add butter, ¼ cup water, and egg. Blitz a few more times - just long enough to start to bring it together as a dough – you may need to use a little more water. Do NOT over-process it!
  • Remove dough from processor, knead lightly to bring it together as a ball. Wrap in plastic film, chill for 1 hour before use.
  • Roll and bake, following specific pie recipe instructions.

“Perfect Pie Crust” Lard Version

  • Whisk water, egg, and vinegar together, set aside.
  • In a larger bowl, mix together flours, corn starch, brown sugar, xanthan gum, salt, and baking powder until well combined.
  • Chop lard into smaller pieces, add to the bowl of dry ingredients.
  • Using a fork, pastry blender, or your fingers, cut the lard into the dry ingredients, until it resembles a loose gravel.
  • Add wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients, mixing with a fork until just combined.
  • Don’t over handle it. In Tom’s words, “Mix it with kindness"!
  • Gather dough into a loose ball, divide into 2 equal balls. Wrap each with plastic wrap, and chill for 1 hour before using.
  • Roll and bake, following specific pie recipe instructions.

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Notes

Nutritional information provided is per pie crust, or ½ the recipe - for the cream cheese version.
Lard version will be slightly lower in calories and fat.
See post for more information on handling, use, etc.

Nutrition

Calories: 1504kcal | Carbohydrates: 154g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 91g | Saturated Fat: 53g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 318mg | Sodium: 783mg | Potassium: 634mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 3060IU | Calcium: 177mg | Iron: 4mg