Cornmeal Crust Dough

By yollymg

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup plain yellow cornmeal
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/4 cup cold shortening, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 8 to 10 Tbsp. chilled apple cider
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Preparation

Step 1

1. Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Cut in butter and shortening with a pastry blender until
mixture resembles small peas.

2. Mound flour mixture on 1 side of bowl. Drizzle 1 Tbsp. apple cider along edge of mixture in bowl. Using a fork, gently toss a small amount of flour mixture into cider just ntil dry ingredients are moistened. Move mixture to other side of bowl, and repeat procedure with remaining
cider, 1 Tbsp. at a time, until a dough forms.


3. Gently gather dough into 2 flat disks. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill I to 24 hours.