RecipeChatter

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

by

A flaky, buttery pie crust is an essential part of any pie recipe. If you can’t wait to get to the edge when you’re eating a piece of pie, you’ve got to try this easy cookie recipe. Pie crust cookies are everything you love about a homemade pie crust, but in cookie form! Everyone loves a great, easy cookie recipe, especially around the holidays, and this is one you’ll want to make over and over. The 5-Ingrediet Pie Crust Cookies are dusted with cinnamon and sugar, so they’re just sweet enough to enjoy for breakfast, dessert or a snack any time of day.

 

Although these cookies use a homemade all-butter pie crust recipe, you can also substitute store-bought pie crust and roll it out in the same way. These braided cookies look complicated, but are actually super easy to make! If you’re in a pinch for time, you can also use this basic pie crust recipe to make cut-out cookies.

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Chilling Time: 4 hours

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, chilled
  • 1/4 cup water
  • Cinnamon and sugar mixture

Instructions:

1. Combine flour and salt in a food processor, and add butter in slices until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Roll dough out onto a floured surface as thin as you can get it. Cut off the round edges so you’re left with a square.
 5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies
4. Cut the dough into thin slices (1/8 – 1/4 inch). Pinch three slices together at one end, using a dab of water to help seal the ends.

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies 5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

5. Braid the three pieces together until you reach the end of the strips. Using your sealed end as a base, wrap the entire braid around that base. Tuck the braid under the cookie and gently press the cookie flat in your hand.

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

6. Repeat until the rest of the dough strips are used up. Arrange cookies on a greased cookie sheet. Brush each cookie with melted butter, then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

7.  Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies just start to brown. If you prefer crunchy cookies, cook for a few minutes longer.

5-Ingredient Pie Crust Cookies

Do you look forward to the crust of a piece of pie, or do you leave the end untouched?

Latest posts by RecipeLion (see all)
abc123

Appetizers

Casseroles

Desserts

Healthy

Copycat Recipes

Slow Cooker