world's flakiest pie crust
World's Flakiest Pie Crust Posted by CookinMom at recipegoldmine.com April 30, 2001 For single 8-inch pie 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup Crisco (We suggest plain...
Ingredients
- 1cupall-purpose flour
- 1/2teaspoonsalt
- 1/3cupcrisco (we suggest plain old
- 2to 3 tablespoons ice cold water
- 2cupall-purpose flour
- 2/3cupcrisco
- 4to 6 tablespoons ice cold water
- 11/3 cups flour
Directions
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World's Flakiest Pie Crust Posted by CookinMom at recipegoldmine.com April 30, 2001 For single 8-inch pie 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspo
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Add Crisco
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Using two steak knives, cut the shortening into the flour mixture as if you were cutting up a bowl of spaghetti for a baby, or use a pastry
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Do this until the mixture starts to form small clumps
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The mixture should resemble sawdust
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Sprinkle in cold water cautiously, a tablespoon at a time, continuously cutting, until the mixture forms clumps the size of unshelled almond
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The ingredients do not need to be 100% homogeneous
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With floured hands, loosely gather dough into a ball and place in a clean bowl
