Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust
Looking to hints on how to make your pie crust better? Try this Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust! Hints on how to make a flaky pie crust that is swirled with cinnamon.
Servings: 8
Calories: 368kcal
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 3 cups pastry flour 390 grams
- 1 teaspoon salt 5 grams
- 1/2 cup shortening 4 ounces
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter 4 ounces
- 1/2 cup ice cold water 4 ounces
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
Instructions
- Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Cut in the shortening and the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 3 cups pastry flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter
- Mix the water and vinegar together in a cup. Add the mixture to the crumbs. Mix together just until the dough is combined and handles well. 1/2 cup ice cold water, 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- Sprinkle flour on the counter before rolling out the dough. Split the dough into two chunks.
- Roll out one piece of dough on a floured surface into a rectangle. The dough should be about the thickness of a regular pie dough.
- Spread a light coating of butter all over the pie crust. Then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. butter, cinnamon, sugar
- Starting with the long end, roll up the dough jelly roll style, as if you were making cinnamon rolls. Roll the dough tightly.
- Once the dough is rolled, use a sharp knife or pastry cutter to cut the dough into slices about 1/4-1/2" thick.
- Press the cinnamon rolls flat side down into the bottom and up the sides of a 9" pie plate. Overlap and press the edges together to seal the crust.
- If you are making just a bottom crust, turn the edge under and use thumbs "flute" the edges of the dough.
- Fill the pie and bake according to your pie recipe.
- If you are making a double crusted pie, roll out the other half of the dough, spread it with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, rollup jelly roll style and slice into 1/4" thick slices just as with the other crust.
- Fill the bottom pie crust, then place the cinnamon roll slices overtop the fruit filling. Don't worry about sealing the crust, but simply place the slices overtop in a pretty arrangement. Bake the pie as your recipe suggests.
- This recipes makes enough for a double crusted pie.
Notes
This recipe makes enough for a double crusted pie. If you only need a bottom crust, make half of the recipe. You can also freeze the dough to use another time.
The calories shown are based on the the dough being divided 8 ways, with 1 serving being 1/8 of the crust. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information.**
Nutrition
Calories: 368kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 393mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 2mg