There is no need to buy frozen when pie crusts when this Easy Homemade Flaky Pie Crust is so super simple to make. “The trick to good pie crust is to be gentle and treat it very lightly.
Easy Homemade Flaky Pie Crust
September 18, 2021
Category
Pie
There is no need to buy frozen when pie crusts when this Easy Homemade Flaky Pie Crust is so super simple to make. “The trick to good pie crust is to be gentle and treat it very lightly.” Thanks, Gran!
Persons
8
Prep Time
10 minutes
Total Time
10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cold water
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.
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