Cornmeal Crust Dough

By Debbie54

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup plain yellow cornmeal
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• ¾ tsp salt
• ¾ cup cold butter, cut into ½-inch pieces
• ¼ cup chilled shortening, cut into ½-inch pieces
• 8 to 10 Tbsp chilled apple cider

Preparation

Step 1

1)Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Cut butter and shortening into flour mixture with a pastry blender until mixture resembles small peas. Mound mixture on 1 side of bowl.

2)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 until dry ingredients are moistened; move mixture to another side of bowl. Repeat procedure with remaining cider and flour mixture.

3)Gently gather dough into tow flat disks. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 1 to 24 hours.