Best Pie Crust
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold water
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Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
- 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.
- 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.
- Enjoy!
Source
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