Pie Crust Recipe

Name: Pie Crust Recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour; 2/3 cup shortening (I use cold lard)= 10 2/3 tsp.; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 ice cold water; 2 T sugar; Add, based on your preference and the type of filling, big pinches of:; ground cinammon; ground clove; ground nutmeg; ground cardamon

10 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour
2/3 cup shortening (I use cold lard)= 10 2/3 tsp.
1 tsp salt
1/4 ice cold water
2 T sugar
Add, based on your preference and the type of filling, big pinches of:
ground cinammon
ground clove
ground nutmeg
ground cardamon

Directions

1

In food prcessor, with sharp blade on, add flour, salt, sugar and whatever spices you choose (see ingredients)--process a couple of times to mix.
2

Add lard in dollops shortening, and 2 tsp sugar. Pulse on/off till till mixture is a bit crumbly, like corn meal; then with machine runnning, pour in the 1/4 c. ice cold water (not the ice!) and pulse till ball just forms. take out and roll. This is enough dough for two crusts.