Pie Crust IV
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Cooking:
10 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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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.