Nut Crust & Crumb Crust
Two pie crust recipes: a nut crust made with ground nuts, butter, and flour, and a whole wheat crumb crust with bread crumbs, oats, and herbs.
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The Original
Processed by Claude
Ingredients
- ●1/2 cup (120ml) coarsely ground nuts
- ●dash of salt
- ●4 tbs (60ml) butter (margarine) cut into small pieces
- ●1 1/4 cup (300ml) flour
- ●3-5 tbs (45ml) cold water
- ●1 cup (240ml) whole wheat bread crumbs
- ●1/4 c whole wheat flour
- ●1/2 c wheat germ
- ●1/2 c rolled oats
- ●1/2 tsp (3ml) salt
- ●dash basil and/or marjoram
- ●1/2 c melted butter (margarine)
Instructions
- 1
NUT CRUST: Combine nuts, margarine, salt & flour — use pastry cutter until it looks like coarse corn meal.
- 2
Gradually drizzle in water. When dough adheres to itself there is enough water.
- 3
Roll out dough and form crust. Chill until time to fill.
- 4
CRUMB CRUST: Mix dry ingredients, drizzle in melted butter, toss with fork until uniformly moistened.
- 5
Press into 9" buttered pie pan. Pre bake at 350°F (175°C) for 10 min.