Flaky Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening, frozen, then cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter or margarine
• 6 tablespoons ice water
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Directions

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   Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor.

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   Add shortening and butter and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal.

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   Transfer mixture to bowl.

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   Mix 6 tablespoons ice water and vinegar in small bowl; pour over flour mixture.

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   Stir with fork until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry.

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   Gather dough into 2 balls; flatten each into disk.

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   Wrap each in plastic and chill 30 minutes.

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   (Can be prepared ahead and refrigerated up to 2 days or frozen up to 1 month. If frozen, thaw overnight in refrigerator. Soften slightly at room temperature before using).

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   Zelly Bell I'd say you have a way more modern oven than I do, thank goodness, and you should "tailor" this recipe to what what works for you and your oven, as I imagine most ovens are newer than mine, which I'm just used to mine now, and can even bake good cookies from scratch with it now. This recipe is simply a good easy pie crust easy enough for a beginner in even a not user-friendly oven. ;).

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    Please Do NOT be intimidated at making your own pie crust, it's not that much work and way worth it. It's more enjoyable when they compliment you to say, "I made it from scratch". :) Bottom line it's worth trying. If I can make a good pie crust you can too. ;).

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    Hi Chef #502978, sorry this didn't turn out well for you, and tried to e-mail you, but you weren't accepting e-mails. Thank you for your honest comments though, possibly someone else is having the same trouble and that will be helpful to them. Thanks for trying my recipe though. ;).

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    And thanks everyone for the great pics!