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Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 cups flour (your choice, I use a blend of fresh ground spelt and soft white wheat on the finest setting of flour grinder)
1 and 3/4 cup shortening, butter, or coconut oil
1 Tablespoon sugar
2 tsp. sea salt
1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
1 egg
1/2 cup cold water
Directions:
Directions:
1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in shortening, butter, or coconut oil. Note: In order to achieve flaky crust, your shortening, butter, or coconut oil needs to be cold. It’s the pieces of solid fat distributed throughout the flour which melt upon baking that create the flakiness. You can freeze your butter or lard before cutting it in. The large side of a cheese grater works great with frozen butter.

2. Fat is fully cut in when the flour is crumbly pea size pieces. Add in liquids until dough just holds together. You don’t want to over mix it.

3. Chill dough in the fridge for 15 minutes. Use to bake pies or separate into four equal balls, wrap, and freeze.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4 Crusts

 

 

 

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