Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.
Ingredients you will need
All Purpose Flour
Equipment you will use
Measuring Cup
Knife
3
Combine 1/4 cup flour, ice water, and vinegar, stirring with a whisk until well-blended.
Ingredients you will need
Water
Vinegar
All Purpose Flour
Equipment you will use
Whisk
4
Combine 3/4 cup flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Ingredients you will need
Shortening
All Purpose Flour
Sugar
Salt
Equipment you will use
Blender
Bowl
5
Add slurry; toss with a fork until flour mixture is moist. Gently press mixture into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap.
Ingredients you will need
All Purpose Flour
Wrap
Equipment you will use
Plastic Wrap
6
Roll dough, still covered, into a 12-inch circle; freeze 10 minutes.
Ingredients you will need
Dough
Roll
7
Remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap; let stand 1 minute or until pliable. Fit dough, plastic-wrap side up, into a 9-inch pie plate or a 9-inch round removable-bottom tart pan.
Ingredients you will need
Dough
Wrap
Equipment you will use
Plastic Wrap
Tart Form
8
Remove plastic wrap. Press the dough against bottom and sides of pan. Fold edges under or flute decoratively. Line bottom of dough with a piece of foil; arrange pie weights on foil.
Ingredients you will need
Dough
Wrap
Equipment you will use
Plastic Wrap
Aluminum Foil
Frying Pan
9
Bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until edge is lightly browned.
Equipment you will use
Oven
10
Remove pie weights and foil; cool on a wire rack.
Equipment you will use
Wire Rack
Aluminum Foil
11
Food Processor variation: Preheat oven to 40
Equipment you will use
Food Processor
Oven
12
Lightly spoon 1 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.
Ingredients you will need
All Purpose Flour
Equipment you will use
Measuring Cup
Knife
13
Place flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor; pulse 2 times or until combined.
Ingredients you will need
All Purpose Flour
Sugar
Salt
Equipment you will use
Food Processor
14
Add shortening; pulse 10 times or until mixture is combined.
Ingredients you will need
Shortening
15
Add ice water and vinegar through food chute, pulsing just until combined (mixture won't form a ball). Gently press mixture into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap.
Ingredients you will need
Water
Vinegar
Wrap
Equipment you will use
Plastic Wrap
16
Roll dough, still covered, into a 12-inch circle; freeze 10 minutes.
Ingredients you will need
Dough
Roll
17
Remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap; let stand 1 minute or until pliable. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate or 9-inch round removable-bottom tart pan.
Ingredients you will need
Dough
Wrap
Equipment you will use
Plastic Wrap
Tart Form
18
Remove top sheet of plastic wrap. Press the dough against bottom and sides of pan. Fold edges under or flute decoratively. Arrange pie weights on a piece of foil in bottom of dough; bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until edge is lightly browned.