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Mema's Sweet Pie Dough Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups Flour
2 tbsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
½ cup (1 stick) Cold, Unsalted Butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup Cold Vegetable Shortening
5-6 tbsp. Ice Water
Directions:
Directions:
Place the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse on and off to mix. Add the butter and the shortening and pulse the machine on and off until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

With the machine running, trickle about 5 tbsp. of water though the feed tube until the dough gathers together in the side of the work bowl. (If dough seems dry, add remaining tbsp. of water.) Remove the dough from the machine, divide it in half and form into two disks. Wrap each in plastic and chill in the refrigerator at least 1 hour.

Makes enough for a 9” double crust.

How to: Roll out Pie Dough

Remove one disk from the refrigerator. Roll it out on a lightly floured surface, or between 2 sheets of lightly floured wax paper to form a circle about 1/8” thick and 12” in diameter. Drape the dough into a 9” pie plate. Trim off excess, leaving a 1” overhang, then chill in refrigerator until time to use. Roll out the remaining dough disk to form a top crust (about 10” in diameter). Once the bottom crust is filled, drape to over with the top crust. Trim excess dough, leaving a 1” overhang. Brushing with water, moisten the crusts where they meet, then turn the top crust under the bottom and crimp the edge decoratively.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
1 Pie
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 Hour 15 Minutes

 

 

 

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