Pie Crust

This is our crust of choice when making Grandma Foley's Apple Pie. It's quite simple, but makes a delicious, basic crust. Stacy got it from her college roommate, Katie Dahl. --Mark

Ingredients:

Single Pie Crust
1 ¼ cups flour
¼ tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
3-4 T cold water

Double Pie Crust
2 cups flour
½ tsp. salt
2/3 cups shortening
6-7 T cold water

Instructions:

Stir together flour and salt. Cut in shortening. Sprinkle 1 T water into the mixture. Toss. Push to the side of the bowl and repeat until all of the water has been added. Form into a ball.

For unbaked filling: pierce the crust with a fork and bake at 450 ˚F for 10-12 min.

For baked filling: do not pierce or prebake crust.

Notes:

This is probably pastry blasphemy, but we substitute butter for the shortening and still have good results.