never fail pie crust

Name: Never Fail Pie Crust
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cup(s) flour; 1 1/4 cup(s) shortening; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 - egg, well beaten; 8 tablespoon(s) water; 1 tablespoon(s) vinegar; 1 teaspoon(s) sugar (optional)

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Lori Fleming

Huntington, TX

Updated on Aug 2, 2014

Recipe given to me by my mother-in-law, one of the best cooks I know. She swears you cannot goof this recipe up and and always turns out perfect.

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Ingredients

3 cups flour
1 1/4 cups shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 - egg, well beaten
8 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)

How To Make never fail pie crust

Step 1

Cut shortening in flour and salt.

Step 2

Combine egg, water and vinegar. Pour over flour mixture all at once.
Step 3

Blend until moistened. May be rerolled
Step 4

Keeps two weeks in refrigerator.
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