Aunty Alfta's Adventures In Northern Cooking
Pie Dough
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This is a simple way to make a good pie dough.
Ingredients:
1 1/3 c. - flour
1/2 c. - vegetable shortening (or butter)
2 T. - water
Add the vegetable shortening to the flour and cut until the shortening is about the size of peas. Add the water and kneed into a ball of dough. With a little dusting flour roll thin.
Aunty Alfta heard that if you wanted a more flaky crust you should keep your shortening refrigerated. Aunty Alfta tried this but found that the refrigerated shortening causes the dough to break apart very easily. Try it out and see what you think, but Aunty Alfta prefers to just leave the shortening un-refrigerated.
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