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Pie Crust

Source: Jerusha Peterman
Makes 1 large pie crust - make two separate recipes for a covered pie.

1 cup flour, sifted
1/3 cup butter flavored shortning, chilled
1 tea. salt
4-8 Tbsp. ice cold water

Slice the shortning into small pieces and add to the flour and salt. Use a pastry blender to cut the shortning into the flour until pea sized lumps are formed.

Add the water one Tablespoon at a time, mixing gently with a fork. Do not add too much water! When the mixture starts to clump up, form into a ball.

Roll the dough ball into a 13“ round circle and refrigerate until use.

dessert/pie_crust.txt · Last modified: 2014/05/05 10:36 by 127.0.0.1