Gram's Pie Crust

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening

  • 2 cups flour

  • 1 tsp salt

Mix well

  • 1/3 cup milk

  • 2 tsp white vinegar

Preheat oven 350F.

Mix and let stand for 2 minutes before adding to flour mixture then mix well until forms a big ball. Add a little flour if sticking to your hands or milk if not staying in ball.

Cut ball in two pieces. Dust counter/work area with flour. Using a rolling pin (or wine bottle if you don't have a rolling pin) roll out dough so just a little bigger than your pie plate. Add a little oil and spread around pie plate. 

Using a spatula, carefully transfer from counter to pie plate. Using thumb and forefinger of one hand and forefinger of other, crimp dough along pie plate edge...fluting the edge (can search internet for pictures on this technique. 

Bake crust 20 - 30 minutes (can cover edges of crust with foil so it doesn't over cook)

Consider pie recipe before cooking, some call for uncooked pie crust.

Baked GoodsKrista Powers