Flaky Pie Crust

Name: Flaky Pie Crust
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters ice water; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters cold solid vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces; 1 teaspoon sugar; 113 grams stick cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Flaky Pie Crust requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 155 calories, 2g of protein, and 10g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 20. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. It works well as a very reasonably priced crust. If you have flour, ice water, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and salt and pulse several times.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add the vegetable shortening and pulse 5 or 6 times, until the shortening is the size of peas.

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Shortening

Peas

Add the butter and pulse 5 or 6 times, until the butter is the size of peas.

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Butter

Peas

Pour the ice water evenly over the top. Replace the lid and pulse 5 or 6 times, just until moistened.

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Water

Transfer the pastry to a lightly floured work surface and knead several times, just until it comes together. Divide the pastry in half and pat it into two 6-inch disks; wrap the disks in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes, or overnight, or freeze.

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Wrap

Work with 1 disk of pastry at a time. On a lightly floured surface, gently tap the pastry with a rolling pin to flatten it slightly. Dust lightly with flour and roll out the pastry to a 13 1/2-inch round 1/8 inch thick. To line a pie plate, roll the pastry around the rolling pin, then unroll it over a 9- or 10-inch glass pie plate.

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All Purpose Flour

Roll