FLAKY FRENCH PASTRY

By stepjo7269

Ingredients

• 1 . Sift 4 cups flour.
• 2 . Add 2 teaspoons salt.
• 3 . Add 4 “heaping” tablespoons shortening (Snowdrift).
• 4 . With a pastry blender, cut fat in.
• 5 . Gradually add 2 cups cold water.
• 6 . Flour a brown paper well to roll out dough.
• 7 . Roll out dough in flour.
• 8 . Roll dough out and away from you, always roll away from you.
• 9 . With spatula, grease dough well.
• 10 . Sift flour lightly over greased dough.
• 11 . Fold ends to center.
• 12 . Grease ends well.
• 13 . Flour lightly as in Step 10.
• 14 . Fold to center.
• 15 . Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature.
• 16 . Repeat Steps 8-15.
• 17 . Do this 3 times in all.
• 18 . Dough may be divided and frozen.

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Note: 1/4 section of dough will make 1 pie.