plain pastry pie shell

Name: Plain Pastry Pie Shell
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) sifted ap flour; 2/3 cup(s) shortening (crisco); 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 cup(s) cold water

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Cynthia Rivers Martinez

Dothan, AL

Updated on Jan 23, 2013

This is my mother's recipe. It may be similar to others but this is the way it was handed down to me.

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This is a made pie. I will try to remember to take a pic of just the shell next time.

prep time 15 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield everybody

Ingredients

2 cups sifted ap flour
2/3 cup shortening (crisco)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold water

How To Make plain pastry pie shell

Step 1

Sift flour and salt together.

Step 2

Cut shortening in flour with 2 knives until fat is broken into pea size.
Step 3

Sprinkle water carefully into flour. Blend with fork to make stiff dough.
Step 4

Roll on waxed paper and chill.
Step 5

When you are ready to use insert into preheated 350 oven for 10 min til browned.
Step 6

You can also leave this rolled up in the freezer for weeks on end----So be it by me.
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