Pie Crust IV

Name: Pie Crust IV
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1/2 cup vegetable shortening; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup cold water

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My grandmother supported her family during the Depression by baking. This is her recipe for pie crust. I use this often as I am a pie baker. The trick to good pie crust is to be gentle and treat it very lightly.

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🔗 Recipe adapted from AllRecipes

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 10 min

Serves 8

Difficulty Easy

🛒 Ingredients

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cold water

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 8

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 199

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 13g 17%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 146mg 6%

Total Carbohydrate 17.9g 7%

Dietary Fiber 0.6g 2%

Total Sugars 0.1g

Protein 2.4g 5%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

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.