Basic 100% Whole Wheat Pie Crust

Basic 100% Whole Wheat Pie Crust

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
vital wheat gluten
salt, table
shortening, vegetable, household, composite
water, bottled, generic
water, bottled, generic
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched

Directions:
Mix 3/4 cup flour, gluten, and salt together in a bowl.
Cut shortening into flour mixture using a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
Mix 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon water into the flour mixture using your hands until dough easily forms a ball; add more water if needed.
Flatten dough into a pancake-like shape on a floured surface; sprinkle top of dough liberally with about 1 tablespoon flour.
Roll dough, using a rolling pin, into a thin pie crust about 1-inch larger than your pie pan.
Roll the crust onto the rolling pin and transfer to the pie pan.