Easy Flaky Pastry (2 crusts)
Good Housekeeping, February 1951
| 20 minutes — 2 8" or 9" pie crusts | Print RecipeEmail Recipe | |||||||||||||
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| InstructionsMeasure flour and salt into sifter set in bowl; Sift; remove 1/4 cup to small bowl; reserve. Cut shortening into flour with pastry blender or 2 knives, scissors fashion, until size of small peas. With water, mix reserved 1/4 cup flour to paste. Stir into flour mixture with blending fork or 2-tined fork until particles cling together when pressed gently. Form pastry into ball between cupped hands; roll out. Or if very warm day, wrap in waxed paper or foil (ed: or plastic wrap); chill up to 1/2 hour; then roll. | ||||||||||||||
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