Pat-in-pan Crust

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons cold milk

Recipe

• 1 place the flour, sugar, & salt in the pie pan and mix with your fingers until blended.
• 2 in a measuring cup, combine the oil & milk and beat with a fork until creamy.
• 3 pour all at once over the flour mixture. mix with a fork until the flour mixture is completely moistened.
• 4 pat the dough with your fingers, first up the side of the plate then across the bottom.
• 5 flute the edges.
• 6 shell is now ready to be filled.
• 7 if you are preparing a shell to be filled later, or your recipe requires a pre-baked crust, pre-heat the oven to 425°f prick the surface of the pastry with a fork and bake 15 minutes, checking often, and pricking more if needed.
• 8 for a 10 min shell, use 2c flour, 2t sugar, 1 t salt 2/3 cup oil and 3t milk.