Basic Pie Crust Recipe

Classic recipe for delicious homemade pie crusts.

Ingredients

1 cup self-rising flour

1/3 cup shortening

2 tablespoons cold water

Instructions

Cut shortening into flour with a pastry blender or with two butter knives. Do this until flour/shortening mixture is the size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, mix with fork until moist and a ball forms. Dust hands with flour and gather dough into a ball. Either roll out into desired size, or press into shape. Bake according to pie directions.

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