Sweet Pie Crust Recipe
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
- ¼ cup Vegetable Shortening
- ¼ cup Butter
- Butter for pie plate: As required
- ½ Salt
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 3-5 tbsp Ice Water
Instructions
- Butter the skillet or pie plate thoroughly and leave it aside
- Take flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl and mix well.
- Use a pastry blender to cut the shortening and butter. You can use a fork to blend them as well.
- Ensure that the mixture becomes like a thick, coarse mass.
- Add the water slowly to the mixture, and continuously stir with a wooden spoon to form the dough.
- The dough is to be added to the floured sheet to form a thick layer.
- Sprinkle some dough on top of the dough as well.
- Place another floured sheet on top of it and start rolling it with a pin.
- Once made into a thin sheet of about 1/8th inches, remove the top floured sheet.
- Roll it over on the other side to remove the bottom layer of the flour sheet.
- Put the rolled pie dough into the pie plate.
- Now, cover the pie plate with a thin lid and keep it in the freezer for 30 to 35 minutes. You can leave it overnight for better results.
- Before you set it for baking, use a fork to prick holes on the lower end of the pie dough place it into the pie plate.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bake the pie crust for 8 to 9 minutes for a perfectly crusty finish.