Basic Flaky Pie Crust recipe

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Ingredients

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening, chilled
3 tablespoons ice water

Nutrition Info

184.4 calories
carbohydrate: 14.9 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 13 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 3.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 73.2 mg
sugar: 0.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.

  2. Gently gather dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling.

  3. Roll out dough, and put in a pie plate. Fill with desired filling and bake.

Recipe Yield

1 pie crust

Recipe Note

It is just what it claims to be. Use as unbaked pie shell.

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