Pie Crusts

Ingredients

3 C. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 C. shortening
1 egg, beaten
1 Tbs. distilled white vinegar
4 Tbs. water
Directions

In large bowl mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening with two butter knifes. In separate bowl, mix together egg, vinegar, and water. Drizzle wet mixture into dry mixture, cutting it in. Roll out dough, and fit into 2 9-inch pie pans. Bake at 425 degrees for 12 minutes.
Yield: 16 servings or 2 9-inch pies

Ingredients

2 1/4 C. flour (unbleached or all-purpose)
1 tsp. salt
2/3 C. Crisco (chilled in fridge or frozen)
5 Tbs. butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
5-6 Tbs. cold water
Directions

Sift flour and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in the Crisco and butter using your fingers or pastry blender. Blend the mixture together until it has the texture of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle water over the mixture, 1 Tbs. at a time and gently mixing it together until the dough clumps together. Divide in half, rolling 1 into the bottom crust and 1 into the top crust. (Usually I'll do the pie crust ahead of time and refrigerate it until I'm ready to fill it. For the top crust, I just roll that into a big circle and l
wrap it in Saran Wrap—which really makes it a little less fragile and easier to handle.)
This makes 2 single crusts to be pricked with a fork and baked for 15 minutes in a 425 degree oven.

Ingredients

1 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
1/2 C. oil
1/4 C. ice water
1/2 tsp. salt
Directions

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Place dough in the pie pan, and press it out evenly with your fingers. Fill with favorite pie filling and bake.

1 C. all-purpose flour
1/2 C. finely chopped pecans
1/4 C. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 C. margarine, melted
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, pecans, sugar and cinnamon. Stir in margarine until well blended. Pat mixture into a lightly greased 9-inch pie pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven.
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

4 C. flour
1 C. shortening
1 C. margarine
1 Tbs. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. cider vinegar
1 lg. egg
1/2 C. water (cold)
Directions

Mix together flour, sugar, and salt. Then cut in the shortening and margarine and mix together with a pastry blender until fully blended. Beat the vinegar, egg, and water together. Combine both mixtures. Mold into a ball, and chill for 30 minutes before using.