Basic Pie Crust****

By Gigirox

Two tried and true crust recipes.

Ingredients

• 1 crust-basic crisco
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp. crisco
• 1/4 cup Ice water
• 2 -crusts-with butter
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 sticks butter
• 3/4 cup crisco
• 1 egg
• 5 T ice water
• 1 T white vinegar

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Crisco only recipe-
1-Whisk together flour and salt.
2-Cut crisco into flour mixture with a pastry cutter or 2 butter knives. Mixture should be pea size. Don't overmix.
3-Add ice water 1 TB at a time. Lightly mix with fork until dough comes together.
4-Shape into disc, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until needed.
Butter/Crisco combo-
1-Whisk together flour and salt.
2-Cut butter and crisco into flour mixture with pastry cutter.
3-Lightly beat egg with fork and add to mixture.
4-Add vinegar and as much water as needed to bring dough together.
5-Divide into 2 portions and form into discs.
6-Chill in zip loc bags