Pastry from Glenn's Cookbook

This recipe comes from Glenn's cookbook. I have never seen a pastry recipe like this before! Bonn Appetite!

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 2 pies

Ingredients

• 5  cups flour (unsifted cake & pastry flour)
• 1  teaspoon salt (heaping)
• 1  teaspoon baking powder (level)
• 1  lb  lard (shorting)
• 1  egg (beaten)
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

1. mix first 3 ingredients.
2. cut in lard until coarse meal.
3. 1 egg in measuring cup.
4. add the 1 tablespoon lemon juice to measuring cup.
5. add water to measuring cup to make 1/4 cup liquid.
6. add to dry ingredients & mix.
7. Do not stir.
8. roll out to desired thickness on well floured pastry cloth or wax paper.
9. Roll out and use immediatly,
10. Keep frozen, or refrigerate for several weeks.