No Fail Pie Crust

Name: No Fail Pie Crust
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup shortening; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp shortening; 4 to 9 tablespoons cold water

qtmonki01 @icygirl

A little secret passed down from generations in my family is half butter and half shortening. I'm actually horrible at pie crusts but I can do this one, that's why I named it no fail

qtmonki01 @icygirl

A little secret passed down from generations in my family is half butter and half shortening. I'm actually horrible at pie crusts but I can do this one, that's why I named it no fail

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Ingredients

1 hour

2 servings

2 cupall-purpose flour
1 tspsalt
1/4 cupbutter
1/4 cupshortening
2 tbspbutter
2 tbspshortening
4 to 9 tablespoons cold water

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat oven to 400
2

In bowl, mix together flour and salt
3

Add shortening and butter
4

Cut shortening, butter into flour mixture until small, flakey, like little pebbles
5

Add 4 tablespoons of cold water
6

Mix well
7

Add one tablespoon of water
8

Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the dough forms into a ball
9

Separate dough into 2
10

Turn each ball into a ball
11

Wrap each ball in saran wrap
12

Chill balls in fridge for 30 minutes
13

Remove saran wrap from the balls
14

Lightly flour cutting board and hands
15

Roll out one ball, flipping sides occasionally until 1/8th inch thick
16

Carefully fold in half
17

Carefully fold in half again
18

Grease pie tin
19

Transfer crust into one corner of pie tin
20

Carefully UN-fold
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Adjust crust and mold into pie tin
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Prick with a fork all over
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Bake at 400 10-20 minutes until golden brown
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Chill 20 minutes
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Repeat steps 14, 15
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Repeat steps 16 to 23 IF MAKING two one crust pies
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IF SECOND CRUST IS A TOP CRUST repeat steps 16, 17
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IF SECOND CRUST IS A TOP CRUST repeat steps 19, 20
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IF SECOND CRUST IS A TOP CRUST mold over pie filling
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IF SECOND CRUST IS A TOP CRUST seal the crusts together and remove extra dough
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Make an "X" in middle of the pie
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Bake according to pie directions
33

Serve