Pie Crust

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups flour
• 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
• 6 tablespoons shortening
• 3 tablespoons ice water
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 put flour in a medium bowl. cut in butter and shortening with pastry blender or rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles small peas.
• 2 put water in a cupwith ice cubes.
• 3 take water out of cup with ice cubes 1 tablespoon at a time and add to crust with lemon juice.
• 4 toss with a fork until evenly moistened and pastry starts to clump together.
• 5 gather into a ball, and then divide in half.
• 6 press each half into a disc.
• 7 wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until firm enough to roll out, or up to 3 days.
• 8 bake pie crust as recipe instructs.