Pat-in-the-Pan Pie Dough

Name: Pat-in-the-Pan Pie Dough
Yield: Makes one 9-inch pie shell
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups (6¼ ounces/177 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), softened but still cool; 2 ounces (57 grams), cream cheese, softened but still cool

Desserts or Baked Goods
Quick
Dessert Pies
Holiday
Easter
4th of July
Thanksgiving

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2006, Cook's Country TV

When it comes to frustration, few kitchen tasks can rival that of making pie dough. We set out to find pie dough that we could make without fear.

SERVES Makes one 9-inch pie shell

TIME 1½ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 30 minutes cooling

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