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Rich Pie Pastry

YIELD Makes pastry for 1 (9-inch) double pie crust
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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:

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