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PLAIN PASTRY (2) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2⅔ c flour
1 t salt
1 c shortening
¼ to ½ c ice water
Directions:
Directions:
Sift flour, measure, and sift with salt. Cut in shortening with fork, two spatulas, or pastry cutter. Continue process until mixture is coarse and granular. Work water in gradually until little balls of dough just hang together in one larger ball. Turn ½ pastry onto lightly-floured board. Roll to ⅛" thick square. Shape to cover bottom of pie pan. Roll out remaining pastry to use as top crust for pie or as a second bottom crust.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
The Household Searchlight Recipe Book. Topeka, Kansas: The Household Magazine, 1940.

 

 

 

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