A light and flaky biscuit like pie crust that is a great alternative to the pastry pie crust that uses a lot less butter. To change things up you can add some herbs to the crust.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cut into 1/4 inch cubes
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons basil, chopped (optional)

Directions

1. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a food processor.
2. Add the butter and pulse until it resembles coarse meal.
3. Add the milk and pulse until it forms a dough.
4. Split the dough in half and roll each out on a well floured surface one at a time.