Rice Flour Pastry

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 from the rice flour box: "rice flour pastry is very delicate and may break in handling, however it does repair readily and there is no worry of toughening the pastry from overhandling; some cracks may appear in baked product".
• 2 combine rice flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
• 3 cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
• 4 combine water and vanilla.
• 5 stir into flour mixture just until moistened.
• 6 with floured hands, press into 9 inch pie plate.
• 7 or form dough into ball and roll between two sheets of waxed paper to about 1/8 inch thickness.
• 8 remove top paper.
• 9 turn into pie plate.
• 10 remove remaining paper.
• 11 carefully fit into pie plate.
• 12 flute edges.
• 13 for filled pies, bake crust at 375°f for 5 minutes.
• 14 then fill and bake pie according to recipe.
• 15 for baked pie shell, line with aluminum foil and sprinkle with dried beans, bake at 425°f for 12 minutes.
• 16 remove foil and beans.
• 17 bake 5 minutes longer or until lightly browned.