Basic Butter Crust
- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 eight inch crusts
ingredients
directions
- Put flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl and mix well-I like to use a whisk with all dry ingredients, and if using the cocoa add it with the other dry ingredients.
- Cut in the butter and shortening.
- Cut in the fat, using two forks, or two knives or a pastry knife but NOT your hands, until mixture looks like coarse cornmeal.
- Add 2 T.
- of the ice water and mix quickly with a fork.
- Of the dough is still crumbly sprinkle on a bit more ice water, still working with the fork, until the dough just holds together.
- Gather the dough into a ball.
- Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out and use as you will.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana Adcock
Geneseo, Illinois