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Sunday, January 09, 2005 "Leila's Pie Crust" I got this recipe from my mother-in-law. I haven't tried it yet but I'm stashing it here for safe keeping. 3 cups flour, sifted 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/4 cups shortening (I like butter or yellow shortening) 1 egg beaten 5 Tablespoons water (ice cold) 1 teasponn vinegar. Sift dry ingredients together. Cut shortening into flour mixture with a pastry blender until consistency of coarse meal. Combine egg, water and vinegar together and add to dry ingredients. Mix with fork. Do not over mix as dough will be heavy. Divide into four equal parts. Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze or use immiediately. Besides the pastry blender, you should buy a pastry cloth and cover for your rolling pin. Before rolling out dough, sprinkle flour on cloth and distribute evenly over your cloth. roll dough from center out and check to make sure it's not sticking. If it is , sprinkle cloth with more flour as before. I sometimes put my pie pan upside down on the dough and cut around it 2 " out. If there is dough missing from the circle, dab that spot with a little water and attach a piece of the dough you've cut off and flatten slightly with rolling pin. To move it to your pie pan. roll the dough onto your pin and roll out onto the pie pan. Fold over the edges and crimp wiith your two index fingers that are dusted wiith flour. If your making a single crust pie, prick the bottom all over with a fork. You also can buy pie weights that will help the pie dough from shrinking. Left over dough is good if baked with a topping of cinnamon and suger sprinkled on top. posted by SAJ | 5:03 PM | (0) comments | |
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