Never Fail Pie Crust
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
This basic pie crust recipe can be used for anything from savory pot pies to miniature tart-sized pies. It's a simple recipe that always turns out well if instructions are followed carefully.
Ingredients
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 Tablespoon white vinegar
  • 5 Tablespoons cold water
  • 1 egg
Instructions
  1. Mix together flour, salt and shortening. Mix with pastry blender until quite fine. The shortening will be separated into pea-sized, flour-covered bits.
  2. Bead together vinegar, cold water and egg, and add to the flour mixture. Stir with a fork while adding. Do NOT over mix. Stir until flour is barely moistened and then gather the flour mixture into 3 balls.
  3. Makes one single and one double crust. Use in any recipe calling for pie pastry and cook according to recipe instructions. Dutch oven Jumbleberry Pie
Recipe by Table for Fifty at https://tableforfifty.com/dutch-oven-jumbleberry-pie/