perfect pie crust
This is a super easy Pie Crust & Oh so flaky and tasty too! For years, I've been making my pie crust with shortening, flour , salt & water, using my handy dandy pastry blender. Found a great recipe in a book I checked out from the library. Never again will my crusts be I made the same old way! I first tried this recipe when making a Chicken Pot Pie (which I had never made before), and we liked it so much, that I now use it when making all of my pies, fruit, cream, or meat. Hope you like this crust as much as my husband and I do.
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prep time
10 Min
cook time
method
Bake
yield
makes an 8-10 inch crust for a 2 crust pie
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold butter ( cut up into chunks
- 4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 5-6 tablespoons ice cold water
How To Make perfect pie crust
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Step 1put flour, salt, butter, & shortening in your food processor. pulse until mixture looks like course crumbs
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Step 2add 4 Tbsp. of ice cold water. Pulse to mix. add another 1-2 Tbsp. cold water ( one at a time) until mixture comes together and follows itself around in your processor.
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Step 3remove from food processor & gently shape into a ball. Divide in two. If you are using right away, wrap 2nd half in plastic wrap and put in ref. to keep cold. roll out first half on lightly floured board or counter, place into pie dish/plate. add ingredients for whatever kind of pie you are baking,set aside. roll out other 1/2 of crust (for a two crust pie, or store in fridge for up to a week) For a one or two crust pie, follow baking directions from the recipe you are using. for a pre-baked crust ( for a cream pie,etc) bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes,( depending on your oven) or until golden brown
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