Dad's Favorite Pie Crust

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 2/3 cups shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 5 tablespoons cold water

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl sift together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar.
• 2 using a pastry cutter, cut in shortening.
• 3 (should make small crumbles.).
• 4 in a measuring cup, measure water, vinegar and egg.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 pour liquid into shortening mixture.
• 7 blend together but don't over work dough.
• 8 divide into 4 balls.
• 9 makes two pies with lids or 4 pie crusts.
• 10 **ibake my pies at 425 for 40-50 minutes.
• 11 **freezes well.