Pastry Shells

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup shortening
• to taste water

Recipe

• 1 mix and sift flour.
• 2 cut in shortening with a knife. add only enough water to hold the ingredients together.
• 3 do not knead.
• 4 divide the dough into 2 parts and roll out onto a slightly floured wooden board.
• 5 line the pie pan with only 1 of the dough parts.
• 6 pinch the edges or use a fork to make the edged design.
• 7 poke the bottom of the shell with the fork.
• 8 bake in oven at 460* for 10 - 15 minutes.
• 9 **cook the 2nd shell according to directions unless you are using the 2nd shell as a covering for a pie, then place it on top of the pie raw and cook according to the pie's directions.** this recipe yields 2 pastry shells.