Simple Double Pie Crust
"Great for your favorite fillings."
photo by PalatablePastime
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
1 "9 inch double crust"
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1⁄4 cup water
directions
- Sift flour before measuring; spoon lightly into measuring cup and level without shaking or packing down.
- Combine flour and salt.
- With a pastry blender or two knives, cut in vegetable shortening until uniform; mixture should be fairly coarse.
- Sprinkle with water, a tablespoon at a time; toss with a fork.
- Work dough into a firm ball with your hands; divide dough into two parts and press into flat circles with smooth edges.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll bottom crust to a circle about 1 1/2" larger than inverted pie plate.
- Gently ease dough into pie plate; trim edge even with plate and add filling.
- Moisten rim of bottom crust with water.
- Roll top crust the same way and lift onto filled pie; trim 1/2" beyond the edge of pie plate.
- Fold top edge under bottom crust and flute with fingers or fork.
- Prick or slit top crust to allow for escape of steam; bake according to time and temperature recommended for filling used.
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Reviews
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So easy! Made with blackberry pie filling and it is amazing! -
great simple recipe - thanks! -
Easy, fast AND delicious. I've already used it a number of times with different fruit fillings. -
Simple, just like I remember Mom making. Very flaky, but a touch difficult to work with (it tends to break easily when being rolled out, which makes sealing perfectly beautiful pasties and other pastries a little difficult, but I'm willing to sacrifice malubility for home-made taste for most things) Ultimately, it gets the job done. Thanks Sue! -
easy great and fast... thanks for making the pie crust less threatening...
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PalatablePastime
Cincinnati
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