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Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 5 tablespoons ice water, more or less depending

Directions:

Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the shortening and cut it into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the egg and vinegar and work into the crumb mixture. Add the water one tablespoon at a time until the dough holds together.

Divide the dough in half and form two disks. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes before rolling it out on a lightly floured surface. Bake according to specific pie recipe directions.

Makes two 9-inch pie crusts.

Nutrition:

Substitutions:

I used this pie crust to make Mom’s Pumpkin Pie.

If “blind baking” the crust, prick the dough several times with a fork before you put it in the oven to prevent it from bubbling.

Recipe courtesy of Sharon Gibbons.