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Martha Stewart's Pate Brisee -- Basic Pie Crust

Martha Stewart's Pate Brisee -- Basic Pie Crust Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table sugars, granulated butter, without salt water, bottled, generic Directions: Secrets to a good pie cr...

Martha Stewart's Pate Brisee -- Basic Pie Crust

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
sugars, granulated
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic

Directions:
Secrets to a good pie crust: chilled ingredients and chilled dough.
Margarine or shortening can be used instead of butter (but butter is my favorite!
).
Put flour, salt and sugar in a bowl, blender or food processor.
Add the pieces of butter and process approximately 10 seconds or until it resembles "coarse meal.
".
Add ice water drop by drop while machine is running (or you are mixing)--- just until dough holds together without being wet or sticky.
Do not mix longer than 30 seconds.
Roll dough out on a piece of plastic wrap.
Press down slightly.
Chill for at least one hour.