Flaky Tender Pie Crust
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 1:28am

Ingredients




3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups shortening
1 egg well beaten
5 tablespoons ice water
1 teaspoon vinegar

Preparation

1 In a small straight-sided bowl, combine flour and salt. Add shortening. 2 Use a pastry blender to cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine egg, ice water and vinegar; add to flour mixture ALL AT ONE TIME. Use a fork to stir briskly...not more than 10 strokes...or until mixture forms a loose ball. Turn dough out onto a sheet of waxed paper or plastic wrap, and use hands to gently compress dough into a ball. 3 Refrigerate dough at least 30 minutes before rolling out on a piece of wax paper. (You'll need a fresh piece for each crust you roll.) 4 Makes adouble-crust pie or 2 single crust pies. 5 Of all the recipes and methods I've tried for pie crust, this one tops them all...Wis/Gramma