All-Purpose Light Piecrust

Name: All-Purpose Light Piecrust
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 296 milliliters ounces all-purpose flour (about; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 4 teaspoons unsalted butter, melted; 59 milliliters vegetable shortening; 59 milliliters boiling water

You can never have too many crust recipes, so give All-Purpose Light Piecrust a try. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 148 calories. If you have water, vegetable shortening, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

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Baking Powder

Shortening

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Make a well in center of flour mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Combine butter and boiling water.

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Butter

Water

Pour butter mixture into center of well. Gently draw flour mixture into butter mixture until moist clumps form. Press dough into a 4-inch circle. Cover, and chill 30 minutes.

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Butter

Dough