Extra Flaky, Never Fail Pie Crust

4 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 cup Crisco vegetable shortening
  • 4 to 5 tbsp. water

Directions

  1. 1
    Sift and measure flour.
  2. 2
    Sift again with salt.
  3. 3
    (Again, this is important!!
  4. 4
    Don't skip either sifting.)
  5. 5
    Cut in Crisco until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  6. 6
    Add water lightly, stirring with fork.
  7. 7
    Add only enough water to make the dough cling together when pressed lightly.
  8. 8
    Divide dough in half.
  9. 9
    Roll with light strokes from center to outside edges (to make a circle) on lightly floured cloth or board.
  10. 10
    Fit into pan by folding pastry and lowering it into pan.
  11. 11
    Cut off edges, leaving a 1/2 inch overhang.
  12. 12
    Turn under.
  13. 13
    Pierce all over with fork.
  14. 14
    Bake in hot oven at 450F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
  15. 15
    Makes two ( 9-inch) shells or one two-crust pie.

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