Mother's Pie Crust
Alice's infamous pie crust recipe. Makes four crusts.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 0 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
Ingredients
Servings
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups shortening
- ice water, just enough to form dough into a ball
Method
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Mix flour and salt together.
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Cut in shortening with a pastry cutter, or two knives, until the clumps are about pea sized.
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Add just enough ice water slowly to form dough into ball. Use as little water as possible. Handle as little as possible as handling makes the dough tough.