Grama's good pie crust
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Flour, sifted |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | To 1 salt |
| ⅔ | cup | Lard or shortening |
| 3 | tablespoons | Sugar, if desired |
| ⅓ | cup | Cold water, about |
Directions
Sift together dry ingredients. Add fat and cut with tow knives or pastry blender until mealy. Stir in water until pastry leaves the sides of bowl. Divide into 2 balls. roll one to fit the pie tin, use the other for the top of the pie.
Many of the recipes in this collection did not contain amounts or oven temperatures. I have typed them in as they appear in the book, typos and all.
Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0-934860-55-6 Entered by Carolyn Shaw 5-95
Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 06-26-95