Tender, flaky, delicious whole wheat pie crust

giddygabby by giddygabby
Last updated: 10/22/2011

How to make a tender, flaky, delicious whole wheat pie crust

This is Giddy's own home-made, whole wheat pie crust recipe, and boy is it good! Flaky, buttery, and with the wholesomeness and nutty flavor that only stone-ground, whole wheat flour can give.

Fill this shell with Giddy's Broccoli-Pepper custard for a savory quiche.

There's more.

On this page, you'll find links to sites with helpful images and tips on mixing and rolling dough, other pie shell recipes, and some fabulous fillings. Plus check out Giddy's pick for the perfect rolling pin, and a slew of gorgeous quiche pans, coming up!

Image: Pie shell, brushed with whole grain organic
mustard and ready to bake.
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Giddy Gabby's Single 9" Whole Wheat Pastry Shell Recipe

The best rolling pin

With a pretty quiche pan and a potholder, it makes a great shower gift too for the bride (or groom) who loves to cook.

Vic Firth French Rolling Pin

Amazon Price: $10.89 (as of 02/14/2012)Buy Now

I've used several pins in my day, and this one is the easiest to use, hands down. It's easy to store, too. At $8.99 it's a bargain. But don't take my word for it. When America's Test Kitchen searched for the best pie-crust-rolling pin, this is the one they picked.

The finished quiche, scrumptious!

Here's the crust filled with my favorite broccoli-red pepper quiche--So qood! 

Giddy Gabby's Broccoli and red pepper quiche

Perfect filling for whole wheat pie crust

It's as delicious as it is pretty. You can prepare this filling in about half the time it takes the pastry dough to chill before rolling. By the time you've pre-baked the crust, your filling will be ready to assemble and pop back in the oven.
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Giddy's broccoli-pepper quiche in a stylish cobalt blue pan

Here's the same recipe in a cobalt-blue quiche pan 

Treat yourself to this pretty quiche pan and watch their eyes pop

Chantal Ceramic 1-1/2 Quart Quiche Pan, Glossy Cinnabar

Amazon Price: (as of 02/14/2012)Buy Now

Chantal makes this pretty, versatile pan in a variety of colors. It bakes the crust perfectly and never fails to elicit oohs and ahhs on its way from oven to table. Makes your mouth water just thinking about it, doesn't it?

Want to pick your own favorite quiche dish?

VISIT THE QUICHE PAN STORE

Lots of choices, shapes and colors, plus tart tins with removable bottoms when you want to show off your pastry, and itty-bitty quiche pans when you want to serve individual portions with a flair.
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Make a galette with Alton Brown of Good Eats

It'll be yummy

Alton mixes unbleached all purpose flour, corn meal, and salt in a food processor to start his dough. I've substituted my whole wheat flour for the all purpose, and otherwise followed this recipe to a T. So easy in the Cuisinart! Alton also uses a more traditional rolling pin. You can check out some of his tools here.

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Alton's tools

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Whole wheat Yum?

Or whole wheat schmole wheat?

Did you--or will you--try the recipe? Tell me what you think. Whole wheat crust isn't for everyone, but you'd be surprised the converts I've made with this one.

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    food_monkey Oct 23, 2011 @ 2:12 pm | delete
    nice lens!
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    3b0129 Jul 30, 2011 @ 11:30 am | delete
    I love whole wheat. I make my own whole wheat bread all the time and it is delicious. Now if I can just get in the habit of making cookies with whole wheat, then it would be less dessert like. Everyone should try whole wheat...you really can't tell that much of a difference really.
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    Joie Jul 30, 2011 @ 3:07 am | delete
    I'm always looking for delicious goodies to feature in my Coffee House lens. When I spotted your whole wheat pie crust recipe, it brought back a flood of happy memories from when Mom and I used to bake at her house every week. She and I went together to buy the winter wheat from a nearby mill. Then we ground the wheat in her heavy-duty "Magic Mill." Oh, my... we baked whole-wheat everything. And I haven't thought about that delicious nutty-flavored pie crust for years - thank you for the wonderful trip down memory lane. I can't wait to make it again and fill it with your terrific quiche recipe. Mom would have loved it.
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    ---Chazz May 29, 2011 @ 6:53 pm | delete
    This sounds great! Will definitely have to try it! Blessed by a visiting Squid Angel on the Memorial Day Squid Angel Tour Bus quest. As soon as we complete the tour, your lens will be featured on "Wing-it on Squidoo," our lensography of some of the best lenses we've found.
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    boutiqueshops Nov 29, 2010 @ 8:54 pm | delete
    very cool! I needed this recipe! thanks for sharing!
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I'm a simple country girl who managed to get transplanted to the city, where I thrive well enough. I love to cook and bake. This whole wheat pastry shell... more »

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