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Flaky Pie Crust Dough

Flaky Pie Crust Dough Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table butter, without salt shortening, vegetable, household, composite water, bottled, generic Directions: Whisk flour and salt in m...

Flaky Pie Crust Dough

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

Directions:
Whisk flour and salt in medium bowl to blend.
Add butter and shortening: rub in with fingertips or cut in with a pastry blender until dough resembles very coarse meal.
Sprinkle with a tablespoon of ice water; toss until moist clumps form, sprinklimg with more water by teaspoonful if mixture is dry.
Gather dough into a ball: flatten into a disk.
Wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour.
Can be made 1 day ahead.
Keep refrigerated; soften dough slightly at room temperature before using.