Pastry for 9-Inch Pie

Name: Pastry for 9-Inch Pie
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour; 1/4 tsp. salt; 5 tbsp. cold butter or margarine; 3 tbsp. trans-fat free vegetable shortening; 5 tbsp. ice water

Published: Sep 28, 2010

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Yields:

Total Time:

5 mins

Cal/Serv:

120

Combined with butter, this recipe makes for a flaky, tender pie dough that rolls like a dream. Use it as the base for our fragrant Spiced Apple Pie (pictured).

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Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. cold butter or margarine
3 Tbsp. trans-fat free vegetable shortening
5 Tbsp. ice water

Directions

1. Step 1In food processor with knife blade attached, blend flour and salt. Add butter and shortening, and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle in ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing after each addition, until large, moist crumbs just begin to form.
2. Step 2With hands, shape dough into disk; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight. (If chilled overnight, let dough disk stand 30 minutes at room temperature before rolling.)We like to make the dough for our piecrusts in the food processor because it's so quick and easy. (This recipe also doubles easily in your food processor, for pies that require two crusts.) But if you prefer, the dough can be made by hand: In step 1, combine flour and salt in a large bowl and, with a pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors-fashion, cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add ice water, mixing lightly with a fork after each addition, until dough is just moist enough to hold together. Complete pastry recipe as below in step 2.

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