Vegan Pie Crust Recipe (2024)

Jump To Recipe //November 8, 2023

Oh HELLO Flaky, Delicious Dairy Free Pie Crust of my DREAMS! I thought that making vegan baked goods would mean compromising on texture and taste but NOT with this recipe. It takes just about 20 minutes of active work and comes together with just 5 ingredients!

I’ve been teasing this recipe on my Instagram for a while now. I’ve made it so many times over the past 6 months because I wanted it to be PERFECT!

This recipe is similar to my Coconut Oil Pie Crust recipe (which is great if you’ve never tried it!). But, honestly, nothing beats a good flaky and buttery pie crust. This recipe 1000% hits the SPOT!

As the plant based lifestyle has grown in popularity recently, SO MANY great butter alternatives have popped up on the market and I am HERE for it. I feel like most stores used to have just one vegan butter option but now, many of them have 3-4 different brands to choose from and I love it. I’ll discuss my favorites in a moment but first let’s go over all of the ingredients in this pie crust:

• All purpose flour– this is the only kind of flour that I have tested this recipe with. If you would like to make it gluten free, the only thing I can suggest for this recipe is to simply use a gluten free 1-1 flour.
• Salt & sugar– just a *little* bit!
• Vegan Butter- I tried out quite a few different brands with this recipe. See below for my recommendation!
• Ice water

If you’re familiar with traditional pie crust then you’ll see that this is exactly that…..just with vegan/ plant based butter instead!

The best vegan butter for this pie crust:

I’ve tested this recipe with quite a few different vegan butters. I’m going to list them out and tell you my thoughts on each. TL;DR—->> my favorite so far for this crust is Earth Balance.

• Country Crock Plant Butter: this has been a favorite of mine over the past year! It’s also the least expensive plant based butter that I’ve found on the market. It can typically be found in 2 different forms: one made with olive oil and another made with avocado oil. I’ve also seen a new one out that’s made with almond oil but I haven’t tried that one yet. Honestly, they original 2 taste about the same to me and cook/ bake the same as well. BOTH work great in this pie. One thing to note: I’ve noticed that this particular butter melts much quicker than others so you’ll want to work quickly.
• Earth Balance: This one is my FAVORITE for making this pie crust. It’s extra salty (which sometimes I don’t prefer) but it works well in this recipe! It just bakes like a charm and I highly recommend this one.
• Melt Butter: this is a new to me butter! I think it might only be available in certain areas (compared to the others that are more nationwide). I’ve only used this butter to make this pie crust (which turned out delicious!) AND my Vegan Skillet Cookie which was also great!
• Miyokos: this was one of the very first vegan butters that I ever tried. I LOVE this butter on it’s own, spread on toast etc. But I’m not a huge fan of it in baking. It just doesn’t seem to work as well as the others. it also typically ends up being the most expensive of all the vegan butters that I have tried.

Tips for making this pie crust:

• After you add the water and pulse it all together, it will be VERY crumbly (see the video below!). As long as it holds together when you press it between your fingers then it’s good to go.
• When you go to roll it out, it will likely be very crumbly and may even crack apart a bit. If it does that, I simple gather it all together and work the disk in my hands for a minute to warm up the dough a bit until it’s at the point that it can easily be rolled out.
• To make the rolling process a lot easier, you can place the dough in between 2 large pieces of parchment paper and roll it out that way. This avoids any sticking to the counters or the rolling pin.
• If you’re making a double crust pie, I like to roll out the bottom crust, position it in the pie pan, and let it sit in the fridge chilling while I roll out the top crust.

Can you Freeze Pie Crust?

Why YES, you can!

Make sure that your discs of dough are tightly wrapped up and then they can keep in the freezer for about 6 months. When you’re ready to use them, let them thaw in the fridge about 1 day before you’re ready to roll it out and use it.

Other delicious vegan recipes:

• Vegan Pumpkin Pie
• Vegan Sweet Potato Pie
• Chickpea Pot Pie
• Coconut Oil Pie Crust
• Vegan Apple Pie
• Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
• Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Vegan Muffins
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Vegan Zucchini Bread
• Vegan Banana Bread
• Vegan Sugar Cookies
• Vegan Brownies

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