Never Fail Pie Crust

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This is a fabulous recipe ! I ignored it for several years, because I came from the background that you should never make a pie crust unless all of your ingredients were ice cold...Crisco recommends making this at room temperature, and Lo and Behold... The flakiest pie crust I have EVER made!

482 calories per serving view nutrition facts

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Ingredients

4	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	tablespoon	sugar
2	teaspoons	salt
1 3/4	cups	vegetable shortening
1	each	egg	beaten
1/2	cup	water	cold
1	tablespoon	vinegar

Directions

Mix flour, sugar and salt.

Add shortening with pastry blender and mix well.

Add egg, vinegar and water. Mix until well blended (with fork, then hands).

Place in refrigerator until ready to use.

Will keep 2 weeks in frig.

Yields 4 - 9 inch pie shells.

You can also make them all at once and freeze what you're not using -- they freeze great.

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This is a fabulous recipe ! I ignored it for several years, because I came from the background that you should never make a pie crust unless all of your ingredients were ice cold...Crisco recommends making this at room temperature, and Lo and Behold... The flakiest pie crust I have EVER made!
over 7 years ago

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 175g

Amount per Serving

Calories 482 4% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.0g	4%
Saturated Fat 1.0g	3%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 47mg	16%
Sodium 1198mg	50%
Total Carbohydrate 98.0g	33%
Dietary Fiber 3.0g	14%
Sugars 3.0g
Protein 14.0g	29%