Basic Pie Crust

Makes one 9” pie crust

Ingredients
1 ½ cups of All Purpose Flour
5 Tbsp Cold Butter, cut into cubes
¼ cup of Cold Vegetable Shorting, cut into cubes
½ tsp Salt
3 to 5 Tbsp of Ice Water

Process,

1) In a food processor add the flour and salt, pulse once to incorporate.

2) Add the butter and shorting, pulse about 10 times or until the butter is about the size of peas and distributed evenly.

3) While pulsing and 1 tbsp of ice water until the dough comes together when pinched between fingers.

4) Dump the dough in a lightly floured surface and quickly form into a disk.

5) Wrap dough and pop it in the fridge for about half an hour before using.

You can use this pie crust recipe for all pie I have in this blog. Super easy...and turns out awesome and yummy!!

Enjoy!