Mom's Pie Crust

By tori420d

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, chilled
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/3 cup ice water

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from allrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Combine flour and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer. Cut butter or margarine or butter and shortening into tablespoon pieces; add it to the flour and butter. Use the paddle beater to cut the butter and flour together. Alternatively, this can be done by hand with a pastry blender.

With the mixer on low speed , or while stirring the mixture with a fork, pour in the cold water. When the dough starts to clump, and before it turns into a ball, stop stirring.

Lightly knead dough in the bowl until it forms a ball. Divide dough into two parts. Flatten each part into a disk, and chill for about 30 minutes before rolling.