Totally Awesome Pie Pastry

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups five roses all-purpose flour or 1 1/2 cups any all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/3 cup ice-cold water

Recipe

• 1 mix five roses flour, salt and baking powder together.
• 2 cut in shortening with two knives or pastry blender.
• 3 add ice cold water, a little at a time, using just enough to bind the mixture so the dough can be patted lightly to form a ball. handle as little as possible.
• 4 form 2/3 of dough into a round disc and place on lightly floured board. save remaining dough for top crust. roll dough from center outward, with a light, even pressure, to form a circle 1/8 inch thick and an inch larger than the pie plate.
• 5 fold double and lift gently into pie plate. unfold and fit loosely in place. do not stretch.
• 6 trim edges, allowing 1/4 to 1/2 inch extra all around. put in a generous amount of filling. heap fruit filling in center because it will cook down during baking.
• 7 roll out top crust; fold double and cut slits or fancy design near center to allow steam to escape.
• 8 brush edges of bottom crust with water, fit top crust over filling and lightly press top edges together. trim edges evenly and flute.
• 9 bake as directed for pie filling.
• 10 yield: one 9 inch double crust pie or two 9 inch single shells.
• 11 single shell:.
• 12 use only 1/2 of dough for each single shell. arrange bottom crust in pie pan as above.
• 13 press pastry to rim of pie plate; flute.
• 14 add filling. bake as directed for filling.