Sour Cream Pie Crust Dough

my most favourite pie crust recipe. I always have some on hand in the freezer to make pie-making even faster and easier.

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Yields: 2 9inch pie crusts

Ingredients

• 6  tablespoons sour cream
• 2  tablespoons  ice water
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup cake flour
• 1⁄2 cup  chilled butter, cut into bits
• 1⁄2 cup  chilled  Crisco, cut into bits

Directions

1. Combine sour cream, water, sugar and salt in small bowl.
2. Combine both flours in large bowl.
3. Cut in butter and shortening with fingers until it resembles coarse meal.
4. Add sour cream and stir just until dough forms.
5. Turn out onto lightly-floured surface.
6. Divide in half.
7. Form each half into ball and flatten into disk.
8. Wrap each disk in plastic.
9. Refrigerate 1 hour.
10. (can be prepared up to 1 month ahead and frozen. Defrost before using.).