Aunt Nancy's Flaky Pastry Crust
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 pie
- Serves:
- 1
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup shortening, plus
- 2 teaspoons shortening (solid vegetable or lard)
- 1⁄3 cup cold water
directions
- Cut shortening into flour with a pastry blender or with two butter knives until it resembles a coarse meal.
- Add cold water gradually and mix until the flour/shortening comes together to form a ball that holds its shape and is not sticky. If necessary, add more water or flour.
- Divide ball in two, and roll each separately into a circle large enough to fit your pie pan.
- For a double crust filled pie, place one shell into pie pan. Add pie filling and top with other crust. Bake as directed on pie filling recipe.
- For 2 single crust pies, place each shell into 2 pie pans, add filling and bake as directed on pie filling recipe.
- For 2 single crust pre-baked shells, place each shell into a pie pan and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool before filling.
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