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Pies

Pie Crust

From Sandy Jones

01

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon shortening
  • 1/4 cup water

02

Directions

  1. Mix flour and salt. Cut shortening into flour mixture with pastry blender. Sprinkle in water and mix with a fork. Gather dough together with fingers to clean bowl.
  2. Press into two balls.
  3. Sprinkle rolling surface and dough with flour. Roll each ball with a rolling pen.
  4. Place each in 9" pie pan.

Transcribed from Pies.docx, page 2.