All-Purpose Easy Shortening Pie Dough

All-Purpose Easy Shortening Pie Dough

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

Directions:
Combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl.
Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until the mixture is crumbly, with a few pea-sized pieces of shortening.
Sprinkle in the water and mix with a fork, adding just enough until the mixture is moistened and begins to clump together.
Gather up the dough and form into a flat disk.
You can use this dough immediately or proceed to the next step.
Wrap the dough in wax paper or plastic wrap.
Refrigerate for atleast 20 minutes or up to overnight.
If chilled until hard, let the dough stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes to soften slightly before rolling.
********Double-CrustShortening Pie Dough*********.
Use all-purpose flour, salt, vegetable shortening and ice-cold water.
Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.