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Pie Crust

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups shortening
  • 1 egg
  • 5 TBLS cold water
  • 1 TBLS white vinegar

Method
 

  1. Combine flour and salt
  2. Add shortening and cut in
  3. Should look like this
  4. Note to self... take the carton out of the fridge to get the egg
  5. mix your egg and add to the dough
  6. Add vinegar and cold water and mix till just combined...split the dough half
  7. Ball in up and place in a ziploc... press down flat
  8. Leave the ziploc open and place in freezer... If you want to use right away let it sit in there for about 15 minutes... If you want to use it later ... store in the freezer till you need... pull it out and let rest 20-30 minutes till next step.
  9. Flour the surface and pull out of ziploc... Roll out from the center outward... continue to do so till the dough is at your desire shape and widthdo not roll back and forth... center outward