Old Fashioned Flaky Pie Crust recipe

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Ingredients

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup vegetable oil
3 ½ tablespoons water

Nutrition Info

220 calories
carbohydrate: 20.9 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 13.9 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 2.8 g
saturatedFat: 2.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 291.4 mg
sugar: 0.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Whisk flour with salt in a bowl, use a fork to stir in vegetable oil. Mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, before adding more water. Gather dough into a ball, divide in half, and roll out on a floured work surface.

Recipe Yield

1 double pie crust

Recipe Note

This recipe has been handed down for over 80 years, I'm told. It makes the flakiest crust ever! Surprisingly, it is made with oil, not lard. This is a must-try.

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