Mom's Pie Crust

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 mix flour and salt in medium size bowl.
• 2 cut in shortening with pastry blender until uniform with pieces no larger than a pea.
• 3 break egg into measuring cup and beat.
• 4 add milk to egg to just over 1/2 cup (about 1/2 cup plus a table spoon total milk and egg) stir well.
• 5 blend egg and milk mixture into flour mixture with a fork until liquid is no longer present.
• 6 very lightly knead dough and form into a ball (over working the dough is the most common reason for pie crust failure!).
• 7 cut dough in half.
• 8 roll out and use with your favorite filling. makes a top and bottom crust. divide recipe in half for a single crust pie.