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Pastry

Pastry Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table shortening, vegetable, household, composite butter, without salt water, bottled, generic Directions: Combine the flour, salt, shortening and...

Pastry

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
shortening, vegetable, household, composite
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic

Directions:
Combine the flour, salt, shortening and butter in a mixing bowl, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
Using the fingers, blend the ingredients until they have the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
Work quickly.
Add the water a little at a time, tossing the mixture with the tines of a fork.
Take care not to add an excess of water, only enough so the pastry can be gathered into two cohesive balls.
Shape each ball into a flat patty, each about 3/4-inch thick.
Wrap each in plastic wrap, and refrigerate an hour or longer.