The Best Pie Crust Ever

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour (i prefer unbleached)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1/2 cup water, ice cold

Recipe

• 1 *use crisco shortenings only.
• 2 sift together the flour & salt into a medium size bowl.
• 3 add the butter flavor crisco.
• 4 using your clean hands only, mix together until small, pea-size pieces.
• 5 add the cold water & mix until everything is moistened -- do not overmix!
• 6 on a floured board or table, knead 5-6 times as you would bread.
• 7 form into a ball & slap.
• 8 let rest 10-15 minutes.
• 9 divide as needed & roll to desired size.
• 10 the less you handle pie dough, the better!
• 11 this makes enough for 1, 10 inch, double-crust pie.
• 12 if making a single-crust, poke holes all over the bottom & sides, using a fork -- this will help prevent shrinkage.
• 13 this freezes very well.
• 14 *if using for a savory pie, such as pot pie or pasty, use regular crisco.