Basic Pie Crust 101

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup crisco or 1/2 butter flavor crisco
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 3 tablespoons ice water

Recipe

• 1 mix flour and salt in mixing bowl. cut shortening into the flour with a pastry cutter, until mixture resembles the texture of tiny split peas. do not use your hands to try and mix it; the heat from your hands will melt the shortening, causing the pastry to be "heavy," not light and fluffy.
• 2 once the mixture is the right texture,, add the ice water and combine with a fork. it may appear to need more water, it does not. quickly gather the dough into a ball and flatten into a 4-inch-wide disk. wrap it with plastic, and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• 3 remove dough disk from refrigerator. if stiff and very cold, let stand until dough is cool but soft enough to work with.
• 4 using a floured rolling pin,roll dough disk on a lightly floured surface from the center out in each direction, forming a 12-inch circle. to transfer dough, carefully roll it around the rolling pin, lift and unroll dough, centering it in an ungreased 9-inch regular or deep-dish pie plate. (or you can fold dough in quarters, then place dough point in center of pie pan and unfold dough, whichever is easiest for you.