Pie Crust
Ingredients˝ cup vegetable shortening
1 ˝ cups all-purpose flour
˝ teaspoon salt
˝ cup cold water
Directions
Mix shortening, flour, and salt together with a fork or a pastry blender until very crumbly.
Add as much water as needed to hold together, and mix lightly with a fork.
Roll gently on a floured pastry cloth to about an inch larger than pie plate.
Fold carefully in half, lift to pie plate, and unfold. Press into pan. For a single-crust pie, trim with a small knife to about 1/2 inch beyond rim.
Fold up, and pinch so edge of pie is raised from rim.
Yield: 8 servings
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