Easy Pat In Press In Whole Wheat Pie Crust Graham Cracker Sub Recipes

100% WHOLE WHEAT GRAHAM CRACKERS OR PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter in microwave or on stovetop.
• Mix together dry ingredients (first 6 ingredients).
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until the dough forms a ball. Add a little water if needed.
• Line two jelly roll pans with parchment paper or Silpat.
• Put half the dough on each pan and gently flatten out with a rolling pin, covering the pan (Depending on the size of your pan, you may not completely cover it. Just roll them out to desired thickness. These don't puff up much, so what you roll out is very nearly what you end up with.).
• Gently score the crackers into rectangles with a pizza or pasta cutter.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until crisp and just beginning to brown.
• Let cool on a wire rack.

EASY PAT-IN PRESS-IN WHOLE WHEAT PIE CRUST - GRAHAM CRACKER SUB.

Steps:

• Mix ingredients (with a fork or with your fingers) until pastry resembles corn meal.
• Press over bottom and sides of 9-inch pie plate.
• Pre-bake the empty pie shell at 350 degrees -- 10 minutes if using a pre-cooked filling (or a filling which doesn't require cooking) _OR_ 5 minutes if you will be baking the crust with the filling.

EASY WHOLE WHEAT PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Place flour, sugar, salt, sugar, and shortening in large tupperware or other plastic container with lid. (If all else fails, use a really strong large slide lock plastic bag). Seal tightly.
• Shake 3 minutes. Open & make sure mixture is uniform.
• Add water.
• Shake 3 more minutes & open to see if mixture is large dough ball of uniform consistency.
• Roll out on floured surface. Can be frozen for later use.

ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Combine flours and salt in a bowl.
• Cut butter into small pieces and add to bowl with shortening. Using a pastry blender or fork, cut butter and shortening into flour mixture until you achieve a grainy coarse appearance.
• Combine water and lemon juice, then slowly add to flour mixture as you toss gently with a fork until moist. Do not over mix.
• Press mixture into a ball, cover completely with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350º. Cooking time will vary depending on what you're using it for.
• Roll dough on lightly floured surface.
• Makes top and bottom crust for a 9" pie or bottom only for a 13x9 sized dish for chicken pot pie or something of that sort.

PAT IN PAN PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Place the flour, sugar, and salt in the pie pan and mix with your fingers until blended.
• In a measuring cup, combine the oil and milk and beat with a fork until creamy.
• Pour all at once over flour mixture.
• Mix with a fork until the flour mixture is completely moistened.
• Pat the dough with your fingers, first up the sides of the plate, then across the bottom.
• Flute the edges.
• Shell is now ready to be filled.
• If you are preparing a shell to fill later, or your recipe requires a prebaked crust, preheat the oven to 425.
• Prick the pastry with a fork and bake 15 minute.

GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST I

Steps:

• Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, melted butter or margarine, and cinnamon until well blended . Press mixture into an 8 or 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 7 minutes. Cool. If recipe calls for unbaked pie shell, just chill for about 1 hour.

PAT-IN PIE CRUST (NO-ROLL)

Steps:

• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Stir together wet ingredients.
• Combine, stirring just to blend.
• Press and pat into a 9 inch pan, up the sides, crimping the edges.
• Bake as directed in recipe.
• (For quiche, I prebake my crusts for 15 minutes @400.).