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Basic Pie Pastry Recipe

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This recipe for Basic Pie Pastry is from The Villmer Guide to Food, Family and Fun!, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup chilled vegetable shortening
3 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into 3 pieces
3 to 4 Tbsp. ice water
Directions:
Directions:
1. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening and butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs with some small pieces of butter remaining. Add ice water, 1 Tbsp.. at a time, drizzling over flour mixture and tossing with a fork, just until dough begins to hold together. Turn dough out onto plastic wrap; gather into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap; press into a dish shape. Refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.
2. Unwrap dough. On a light floured surface, with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll pastry to a 12-inch round. Fold pastry in half;ease gently into a 9-inch pie plate. Unfold dough; trim edges to 3/ inch overhang. Turn edges under, then crimp with fingers. Refrigerate 30 minutes to 1 hour, then follow recipe directions.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
1 (9-inch) pie pastry shell
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
15 minutes

 

 

 

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