grandma beck's thanksgiving pie crust recipe

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79 Pinches
Lenexa, KS
Updated on Jul 19, 2012

This is the recipe my Grandma Beck used when she was making Thanksgiving pies because it makes several crusts.

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Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 3/4 cups crisco
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 + cup ice water

How To Make grandma beck's thanksgiving pie crust recipe

  • Step 1
    With a fork, mix together the flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in the Crisco with a pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly. Beat together the vinegar, egg and water.
  • Step 2
    Combine both mixtures, and stir until moistened. If the dough is still dry, add more ice water a teaspoon at a time as needed to get the right consistency. Mold the dough gently into a round and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • Step 3
    Separate the dough into 5 portions. You should have enough dough to make 2 8-9" double crust pies and one 8-9" single crust pie.
  • Step 4
    Why would you need more water? It all depends on the temperature and humidty inside your kitchen as well as how you measure your flour.

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