Pastry Dough (madam Benoit's No Fail Lemon Tang Pastry)

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 lb lard, brand of your choice
• 1 whole egg
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice, and add enough water to make for one cup of liquid (i use realemon)

Recipe

• 1 a large mixing bowl: 5 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon soda use a whisk to mix.
• 2 cut in one pound of lard.
• 3 mix to resemble coarse crumbs.
• 4 in a one cup measuring cup: add 1 whole egg 3 tablespoons lemon juice mix with a fork and add enough water to fill the one cup measuring cup.
• 5 add the cup of liquid to the dry ingredients and mix until dough forms into a ball.
• 6 (at this point i form into balls using approximate amount for the size pie plate i'm using and place into a plastic bag until ready to roll.) note: rolling the dough between two sheets of wax paper makes for a nice even sheet of pastry.
• 7 this will make 3-4 double pies-- depending on what size pie pans you are using.