Yield: Makes pastry for 1 (9-inch) double pie crust
Ingredients:
2
cups all-purpose flour

1/4
teaspoon salt

6
tablespoons cold butter

6
tablespoons shortening or lard

6
to 8 tablespoons cold water



 
Preparation:
1.
Combine flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter and lard with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over flour mixture, mixing until flour is moistened. Shape dough into a ball. Roll, fill and bake as recipe directs.


Note For single crust, cut recipe in half.



This recipe appears in: Cranberry Apple Nut Pie  /  Pies & Tarts

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