5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies
5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies
If you like the flaky, buttery crust of a pie, you're going to love this easy cookie recipe. These 5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies are everything you love about your favorite pie crust, but in the form of portable cookies. The all-butter pie crust recipe can be used to make cut-out cookies or braided into a beautiful design. Although this recipe for how to make pie crust is basically fool-proof, you can also substitute a store-bought pie crust. Sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, these cookies are just sweet enough to enjoy any time of day!
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Preparation Time30 min
Chilling Time4 hr
Cooking Time10 min
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, chilled
- 1/4 cup water
- Cinnamon and sugar mixture
Instructions
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Combine flour and salt in a food processor. Add butter in slices until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Roll dough out onto a floured surface as thin as you can get it. Cut off the round edges so you're left with a square.
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Cut the dough into thin slices (1/8 - 1/4 inch). Pinch three slices together at one end, using a dab of water to help seal the ends.
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Braid the three pieces together until you reach the end of the strips. Using your sealed end as a base, wrap the entire braid around that base. Tuck the braid under the cookie and gently press the cookie flat in your hand.
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Repeat until the rest of the dough strips are used up. Arrange cookies on a greased cookie sheet. Brush each cookie with melted butter, then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
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Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies just start to brown. If you prefer crunchy cookies, cook for a few minutes longer.