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Monday, May 4, 2015

Grandmother's Super Flaky Pie Crust

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup margarine, softened
  • 3 tablespoons water (as needed)

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 350 f degrees (fahreinheit).
  • 2 pour flour into medium bowl, add margarine using pastry blender (or crisscrossing with knives) until lumps are slightly smaller than pea-size.
  • 3 add water. mix gently with fork until dough comes away from the sides of bowl. (you may need more water) be very gentle, and try not to mix too much.
  • 4 transfer half of dough to a sheet of wax paper lightly sprinkled with flour. sprinkle a little flour onto top of pie dough.
  • 5 cover pie dough with another sheet of wax paper.
  • 6 roll out so the pie crust is level, and not too thick in one place, or too thin in another. (about 11 or 12 inches in diameter).
  • 7 peel off top layer of wax paper from dough, and place pie pan on top of dough. carefully slide your hand underneath bottom layer of wax paper, and flip.
  • 8 then,carefully peel the wax paper from pie dough, and ease into pan.
  • 9 repeat steps 4-8 with other half of dough.
  • 10 bake for 15 min, or so or until golden brown in color.
  • 11 fill with any pie filling!

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