How To Make Easy Pie Crust Using Sliced Bread

How To Make Easy Pie Crust Using Sliced Bread

Course: How To

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: 9-inch round pie crust

Calories: 942kcal

Author: Marvellina

Can you make a pie crust using bread? the answer is yes. I'm showing you how to easily make an easy pie crust using sliced bread. It's fast, healthier, and economical. You can use the crust for both sweet and savory filling.

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Ingredients

Basic pie crust:

300 g bread (cubed) about 4 cups packed. See notes 1
50 g milk you can use water too. See notes 2
50 g oil
50 g egg beaten, about 1 large egg without the shell
½ tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar

Instructions

Prepare the "dough":

Preheat the oven to 450 F (230C) for a conventional oven. If you use convection oven, lower the temperature by 20 F /15 C. Cut the bread into small cubes. You don't need to remove the crust unless it's really tough.
UPDATE: You can also use a food processor and put all the ingredients in the food processor and process until it forms a paste like texture.
You can also work with your hand. Wear a glove if you don't want to get messy. Mix everything together using your hand. Squeeze the bread and mix everything to form a sort of paste-like dough.
It feels moist and sticky. Depending on the type of bread you use, you may need a bit more liquid, or you may not

Shaping:

I spray my 9-inch round pie plate with non-stick spray. You can brush with oil too.
Scoop out the dough onto the pie plate. Flatten the dough with your palm/fingers or the flat bottom of a measuring cup, to the base of the plate and gently push it to the side of the pie plate. I would flatten it to about 1/4 inch thick. Do your best to make sure it has same thickness all around. I find that if you press the crust over the top edge of the pie pan, it helps to minimize shrinkage when you bake it
You can use a fork to crimp the side of the crust. This is optional. Pierce the bottom of the crust with the tines of the fork in several places

Baking:

Place the pie crust on the middle rack and bake for 20 minutes or until slightly golden brown if you need the crust to be fully baked. For half-baked pie crust, bake for about 15 minutes . Blind baking the pie crust will ensure that it won't get soggy when you put the filling in later
Remove from the oven and let it cool down for 10 minutes. Then brush the crust with some egg white. This will create a seal to prevent the crust from getting soggy and it works like a charm for me every time.
Return the crust to the oven and bake another 10 minutes and then remove from the oven
I have updated the baking temperature and time for the crust (so it's different from the video)

How to use:

Remove from the oven and let it cool down completely before filling it. Proceed with the recipe you are using.

Video

Notes

I have tried white bread (or any soft bread) and wheat bread and they work well. It really depends on the kind of bread you use too, the outcome may be different. White soft bread works the best. I haven't tried with gluten-free bread, so I can't tell you for sure if it works the same way and give the same result or not
I use about 50 grams of water, but I suggest you start with about 30 grams (about 2 Tbsp) of water. The kind of bread we use may absorb liquid differently. You can always add more if it's too dry.

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