My Favorite Vinegar Pie Crust

Total Time: 8 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups shortening
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 5 tablespoons ice water (put water with ice in a bowl before you start cooking and spoon it out with a tbsp. to measure)
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 mix salt with flour.
• 2 with pastry cutter or fork and knife, cut shortening into flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. make sure there are no large pieces left.
• 3 add egg and knead in just until mixed.
• 4 quickly add vinegar and ice water all at once.
• 5 knead until dough is a cohesive, homogenous ball that just begins to pull away from sides. (flour hands if necessary.).
• 6 divide into four equal balls for immediate use or to freeze. if it's a warm day, you may need to chill the dough just a few minutes to make it easier to roll.