Description
My grandmother supported her family during the Depression by baking. This is her recipe for pie crust. I use this often as I am a pie baker. The trick to good pie crust is to be gentle and treat it very lightly.
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold water
Instructions
- Mix shortening
- flour
- and salt together with a fork or a pastry blender until very crumbly. Add as much water as needed to hold together
- and mix lightly with a fork.
- Roll gently on a floured pastry cloth to about an inch larger than pie plate. Fold carefully in half
- lift to pie plate
- and unfold. Press into pan. For a single-crust pie
- trim with a small knife to about 1/2 inch beyond rim. Fold up
- and pinch so edge of pie is raised from rim.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Servings: 8