Mom's Pie Crust

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup unsalted butter, chilled
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/3 cup ice water

Recipe

• combine flour and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer. cut butter into tablespoon pieces; add it to the flour and butter. use the paddle beater to cut the butter and flour together. alternatively, this can be done by hand with a pastry blender.
• with the mixer on low speed , or while stirring the mixture with a fork, pour in the cold water. when the dough starts to clump, and before it turns into a ball, stop stirring.
• lightly knead dough in the bowl until it forms a ball. divide dough into two parts. flatten each part into a disk, and chill for about 30 minutes before rolling.