Mama’s Pie Crust
Mama’s Pie Crust
Ingrediënten
For Single Crust:
- 1½ cups sifted flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ cup shortening or lard
For Double Crust:
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- ⅔ cup shortening or lard
Instructies
- In a teacup or small bowl, make a paste with ¼ cup of the above flour (⅓ cup if making double crust) and 3 T.
- water (¼ cup water for double crust).
- Set in refrigerator.
- Add salt to the remaining flour and cut shortening into the flour until the size of small peas.
- Add the water paste to the flour mixture and mix just until dough comes together.
- Form into a ball and turn out on a floured surface.
- Roll crust ⅛-inch thick.
- Bake pie crust in preheated 425° oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
(When baking crust empty, put a cup of raw white rice or small white beans into the bottom of the crust, and then bake. The weight from the rice or beans will keep the bottom of the crust from puffing up while baking. You can save the rice or beans to use for future pie crusts by cooling them completely and then storing in an airtight, marked container.)
