With all recipes made in a stand mixer the attachment you use will depend on the machine you are using.
Kitchenaid recipes pie crust. Fold pastry into quarters. The didn t seem flaky enough for the most part and cutting the butter or shortening in seemed like a lot of work. The recipe makes a double crust so if you only need one you can easily freeze half the dough for another time. A simple pie crust recipe for your food processor your stand mixer or to make by hand this is the recipe i use in all my kitchenaid on qvc demonstrations.
Watch dough closely as over mixing will result in a tough crust. Roll to 1 8 inch thickness between pieces of waxed paper. Attach bowl and flat beater. Pie certainly didn t seem very easy to me.
Shortening and vinegar makes it tender. Turn to stir speed and cut shortening into flour until. Is it a good idea to make pie crust using a stand mixer. With a kitchenaid hand mixer or stand mixer not a food processor that technique is a little different.
For years the stand mixer was my go to method for making pie crust especially when using room temperature butter. Trim and crimp edges. Stand mixer pie crust. Cut shortening and butter into 4 or 5 pieces and drop into bowl.
Add the cold butter cubes and pulse a few times until the mixture starts to become mealy and forms plainly visible pea sized nuggets. I ve tried a lot of recipes over the years and was never quite satisfied. I kept wondering what other stuff the person who coined the phrase easy as pie did. The vast majority of pie crust recipes including those here on our recipe site direct you to combine the dry ingredients then work the fat in using a pastry blender pastry fork two knives or your hands.
Ease into pie plate and unfold pressing firmly against bottom and side. Fill and bake as desired. Chill in refrigerator 15 minutes. I love this pie crust recipe.
Place flour and salt in the bowl of the food processor and pulse to combine.