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I have tried so many different recipes for pie crust and they all left me thinking "I thought this was suppose to be easy as pie?".
Too dry, too wet, no taste, too salty.
This pie crust I made many times and it turned out every time perfect, flakey, and full of just the right amount of flavor. I made it in a bowl using my hands and it turned out marvelous. I made it in the cuisinart and it turned out perfect. I found the recipe in Joanna Gaines cookbook Magnolia Table Volume 3, I've linked the cookbook below. But this recipe is printable if you don't have time to get the cookbook.
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter, very cold from the refrigerator, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1/4 cup ice-cold water

Method
 

  1. To make the pie crust: In a large bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Cut the butter first then scatter into the flour and use either a pastry cutter or your hands to blend the butter into the flour. I think the term is called "smudge" the butter into the flour until the biggest pieces are the size of small peas. Gradually drizzle the water on top, using a spatula or your hands mix the dough until it comes together.
    If using the cuisinart: put flour, salt, and cut cold unsalted butter in the machine and turn it on let it run 1 1/2 minutes and then drizzle in the ice cold water. Run until the dough comes together.
    In either case when the dough comes together shape into a disc and flattened. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a hour and then roll out or you can keep in the refrigerator for a week.
    HAPPY EATING!!