Plain Pastry

Name: Plain Pastry
Yield: 1 double crust
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups sifted flour, divided; 1 tsp salt; 1 cup lard; 1/2 cup cold water

ingridbagnariol @ingridbagnariol

I have been using this pie crust recipe for the past 40 years. I especially like using it for single crust pies like lemon meringue and pumpkin. A single crust plain pastry is pictured above and a single crust lemon meringue pie is pictured below.

ingridbagnariol @ingridbagnariol

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Ingredients

1 double crust

3 cupssifted flour, divided
1 tspsalt
1 cuplard
1/2 cupcold water

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Steps

1

In a large mixing bowl, mix 2 1/2 cups flour with salt. Cut in lard.
2

In a small mixing bowl, mix remaining 1/2 cup flour with 1/2 cup cold water.
3

Add contents of small mixing bowl to contents of large mixing bowl and knead together.
4

Divide dough into two pieces. Roll out each piece separately with a lightly floured rolling pin and pierce with a fork. Use pie crusts for desired single or double crust pies. Single crust pies can be baked at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until crusts are lightly browned. Double crust pies can be baked as per directions in pie recipe.