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Basic Pastry Crust

Basic Pastry Crust Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table butter, without salt water, bottled, generic Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Sift together flour and salt, and cut in ha...

Basic Pastry Crust

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

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Sift together flour and salt, and cut in half the shortening or butter until mixture is crumbly.
Cut in remaining shortening.
Do not overmix.
Add 1 tablespoon water and gently toss.
Repeat this until the mixture forms a ball.
Flatten on a flour surface, and roll out to 1/8 inch thickness.
Fit into a pie plate, and prick all over.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Use in any recipe calling for a par baked crust.