Ingredients for - Pie Crust IV

1. Vegetable shortening ½ cup
2. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
3. Salt ½ teaspoon
4. Cold water ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Pie Crust IV

1 . Stage

Mix shortening, flour, and salt together with a fork or a pastry blender until very crumbly. Add as much water as needed to hold together, and mix lightly with a fork.

2 . Stage

Roll gently on a floured pastry cloth to about an inch larger than pie plate. Fold carefully in half, lift to pie plate, and unfold. Press into pan. For a single-crust pie, trim with a small knife to about 1/2 inch beyond rim. Fold up, and pinch so edge of pie is raised from rim.