Basic Pie Pastry

Name: Basic Pie Pastry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 281 grams all-purpose flour; 6 Tbsps lemon-lime soda, chilled; 1 teaspoons salt; 154 grams shortening

Basic Pie Pastry is a dairy free recipe with 16 servings. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 151 calories. It works best as a crust, and is done in approximately 20 minutes. This recipe from Taste of Home requires flour, lemon-lime soda, salt, and shortening.

Instructions

In a food processor, combine flour and salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Food Processor

Add shortening; cover and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. While processing, gradually add soda until dough forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.

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Shortening

Dough

Pop

For two single crust pies, on a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate.

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Crust

Roll

Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges. Repeat with remaining pastry. Fill or bake according to recipe directions.

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Oven

For a double crust pie, divide dough in half so that one portion is slightly larger than the other. On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion to fit a 9-in. pie plate.

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Crust

Dough

Roll

Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry to 1 in. beyond edge of plate.

Add filling.

Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges.

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Roll

Cut slits in pastry.

Bake according to recipe directions.

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