Plain Pastry Pie Dough

4 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c. sifted flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 c. shortening
  • 4 to 5 Tbsp. cold water

Directions

  1. 1
    Sift the flour and salt together.
  2. 2
    Cut in shortening with pastry blender.
  3. 3
    Sprinkle water a tablespoon at a time and mix with a fork.
  4. 4
    Form into a ball, put on lightly floured board and roll very thin.
  5. 5
    Roll onto rolling pin and unroll over pie pan. Even edges and flute.
  6. 6
    (Save some of the dough for lattice on fruit pies.)

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