Best Easy Vegan Spelt Pie Crust Recipes

EASY VEGAN PIE CRUST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cold cubed vegan butter and cold water. Knead with your hands until the dough starts to clump together (or use a food processor). Then transfer to a working surface and continue kneading until a smooth dough forms.
• Form the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic foil and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• After the chill time, roll out the dough between two sheets of cling wrap or parchment paper a little larger than your pan (see step-by-step photos in the blog post). Then use the foil or parchment to lift it into a 10-inch (25,5cm) tart pan (or 9-inch pie dish). Remove foil and press the bottom and sides firmly to form an evenly tart shell. (If your baking pan has a different size, you can adjust the quantities of ingredients using my cake pan conversion converter).
• Cover the pie crust and chill in the refrigerator until ready to use or continue immediately with the desired recipe. (You can make the dough up to 5 days ahead of time or freeze it, *see recipe notes).
• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
• Prick the bottom a few times with a fork, then line the crust with parchment paper and top with pie weights (such as dry rice, beans, or chickpeas, *see tip/note below).
• Blind bake for 15 minutes. Remove tart from the oven and carefully lift out the parchment paper with the weights. Return the tart to the oven and bake until the bottom crust is golden brown, about 10 minutes longer.
• Let the baked crust cool completely before adding the filling. Enjoy!

WORLD'S EASIEST PIE CRUST - VEGAN

Steps:

• In a large bowl place all of the dry ingredients.
• Add Orange Juice and oil, mix with a fork
• Pat into 9-inch pan with fingertips. If pre-baked crust is desired bake at 425 for 10 -12 minutes.
• Note** Vegan sugar should be used for the best texture. It taste yummy with cane sugar or table sugar as well.

VEGAN PIECRUST

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, and sugar. Make a well in center; add oil and 1/2 cup water, and stir until mixture comes together into a rough ball. Lightly knead until just combined. Divide dough into 2 balls and loosely wrap each in plastic. Press with a rolling pin to form 2 disks. Let dough rest 30 minutes. Dough can be refrigerated overnight or frozen up to 3 months; thaw in refrigerator before using.

SPELT PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Sift together flour and salt.
• Cut in butter and shortening with pastry knife until pieces are size of small peas.
• Sprinkle in 1 tbsp water at a time. Gently mix. Repeat until all is moist and forms a ball.
• For 2 pie crusts, cut ball in half - one for each pie crust.
• On lightly floured surface, flatten ball with rolling pin and roll to desired thickness.
• Transfer to pie tin or this dough also may be filled with meats/or fruit.

SIMPLE YUMMY VEGAN PIE CRUST FOR BOTH SAVORY AND SWEET!

Steps:

• Sift the flour, salt, and spice of your choice together in a bowl. Feel free to use a different spice; I like to use onion powder for pot pies and quiches but a little sugar or cinnamon-sugar for sweet pies. Nutritional yeast is also a nice addition to make the crust bind better and add a nice cheezy aftertaste.
• Since we're using Earth Balance in stick form, cut the stick down to 6 tablespoons-- and cut little pieces into the bowl, about bean-size pieces.
• Add the oil-- any neutral oil works all around, but I like to use olive oil for savory pies.
• Blend by hand until a ball forms. There should be some extra flour around the ball, use as much soymilk as you need to get the whole thing to stick together. 2-4 tablespoons is just an estimate.
• When there's no more flour bits laying around and a complete ball is formed, roll out onto a sheet of parchment paper and pop in the freezer for a few minutes. This will make rolling and extracting easier.
• Lightly grease a 9" pie pan with the oil of your choice (I prefer olive for savory pies and canola for sweet pies.) About 1/2-1 teaspoon should do it.
• Roll the cold dough out into the pan, evenly covering the bottom and the sides. Use a fork to poke holes in the bottom so it aerates, and crimp the sides up with the edges of the fork.
• Bake at 450F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. After a little cooling it's now ready to use for your pie needs, and also freezes well if you wanted to prebake it for a future pie!