Grandma's Pie Crust

Name: Grandma's Pie Crust
Ingredients: 1 cup (150 g) all-purpose flour; ½ tsp (2.5 g) salt; 10 tbsp (128 g) solid vegetable shortening; 1 egg; ½ tsp (2.5 ml) distilled white vinegar; 2 tbsp (30 ml) cold water

Ingredients

1 cup (150 g) all-purpose flour
½ tsp (2.5 g) salt
10 tbsp (128 g) solid vegetable shortening
1 egg
½ tsp (2.5 ml) distilled white vinegar
2 tbsp (30 ml) cold water

Steps

Mix flour and salt. Cut shortening into the flour/salt mixture with a pastry cutter, until mixture resembles the texture of tiny peas.
In separate bowl, whisk the egg, vinegar and water until well mixed.
Drizzle water/egg mixture into flour mixture. Stir with fork until a dough is formed.
Gather dough into a ball, flatten into a 10 cm (4-inch) wide disk. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate 30 minutes.
Roll dough into 20 cm (9-inch) circle and fit into a 20 cm (9-inch) pie pan.
Line the unbaked pie shell with foil or parchment paper, and fill with dried beans or rice.
Bake at 220°C (425°F) until light golden brown (about 15–18 minutes).
Cool before filling.

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Adapted from “Grandma's Pie Crust” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.