Homemade Pie Crust

| Dessert | Vegan Cuisine

Category: Pastry

Ingredients

• 225 grams (1 cup) all-purpose flour
• 2.5 ml (½ teaspoon) salt
• 230 ml (1 cup) cold vegetable shortening
• 30 ml (2 tablespoons) cold water (add 15 ml of water as needed)

Instructions

1. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl.
2. Cut in vegetable shortening with a pastry blender or two knives, until mixture is crumbly.
3. Sprinkle with cold water; mix just until mixture holds together.
4. Shape dough into a ball; place on lightly floured surface.
5. Roll out dough to 3 mm (⅛ inch) thickness.
6. Line pie plate with pastry.
7. Trim around perimeter for 2 cm (1 inch) overhang to fold under and crimp as desired (see pie crust edges below).

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