Mom's Pie Crust for a Double Crust Pie recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup vegetable shortening
½ cup water

Nutrition Info

227 calories
carbohydrate: 23.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 13.1 g
fiber: 0.8 g
protein: 3.2 g
saturatedFat: 3.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 291.8 mg
sugar: 0.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Sift flour and salt together in a bowl. Cut in shortening until it looks like coarse crumbs. Add water until dough forms.

Recipe Yield

1 double pie crust

Recipe Note

I got this from my mother. She has used it for as long as she has been baking. It is very easy to make and tastes wonderful. I use heaping tablespoons of shortening because I like a very short crust.

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