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Easy Pie Crust Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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Makes one 9" Piecrust

1 C all purpose flour
⅓ C cake flour ( I use all purpose flour)
1 T sugar
½ tsp. Salt
6 T ( ¾ Stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½" pieces.
2 T chilled solid vegetable shortening (Crisco), cut into ½" pieces
3 T (or more) ice water
Directions:
Directions:
Blend first four ingredients in processor. Add butter and shortening and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 3 T ice water and process until moist clumps form. Adding more water by teaspoon if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate 1 hour. Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated. Soften dough slightly at room temp before rolling out.

Roll out dough disk on floured surface to 12" round. Transfer to 9" diameter glass pie dish. Fold crust edge under, crimp edge decoratively.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 1/2 hours

 

 

 

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