All-purpose Easy Shortening Pie Dough

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (dip-and-sweep)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup ice-cold water (or as needed)
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 6 tablespoons ice-cold water

Recipe

• 1 combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl.
• 2 using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until the mixture is crumbly, with a few pea-sized pieces of shortening.
• 3 sprinkle in the water and mix with a fork, adding just enough until the mixture is moistened and begins to clump together.
• 4 gather up the dough and form into a flat disk.
• 5 you can use this dough immediately or proceed to the next step.
• 6 wrap the dough in wax paper or plastic wrap.
• 7 refrigerate for atleast 20 minutes or up to overnight.
• 8 if chilled until hard, let the dough stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes to soften slightly before rolling.
• 9 ********double-crustshortening pie dough*********.
• 10 use all-purpose flour, salt, vegetable shortening and ice-cold water.
• 11 divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.