Hot water pastry

Name: Hot water pastry
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup hot water; 1/2 cup of ANY kind of fat; 1 tsp salt; 1 extra flour for kneading; 1 Mixing bowl; 1 your hands; 1 cutting board or counter top; 1 coffee pot or stove top

Rebecca @cook_3051609

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Needed a good, can't mess up pastry that was versatile and easy to remember so I googled it and found this on instructables.com. I've tweaked it somewhat but wished to credit the source as this is not originally my recipe. I love it, the hubby loves it, enjoy!

Rebecca @cook_3051609

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

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Ingredients

2 cupall-purpose flour
1 cuphot water
1/2 cupof ANY kind of fat
1 tspsalt
1extra flour for kneading
utensils
1Mixing bowl
1your hands
1cutting board or counter top
1coffee pot or stove top

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Steps

1

Sift flour and salt together in a large mixing bowl
2

Now, you can EITHER 1) heat your fat and water to boiling on the stove OR 2) Run your water through a clean coffee maker and melt your fat in the microwave. Either way is fine as long as they're boiling hot for the next step
3

Move fast but be safe! Dump your hot fat and boiling water into your dry ingredients and combine until a soft dough forms
4

Let it rest until its cool enough to handle safely, then knead until it stiffens up, I usually rest it 10 minutes or so then knead it just until stiff (use a lightly floured surface obviously)
5

Now you can either use it immediately or you can wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for up to 2 days. Just take it out, roll it or shape it however you wish and stuff it!
6

Bake according to your recipe, it blind bakes well too provided you dock it
7

This makes enough for 2 9" pie crusts or 1 13x9" pan (bottom only) I don't usually mature it and you can use any kind of fat: butter, lard, shortening, I've even used hamburger grease straight from the pan. You can also season it with various seasonings or spices instead of salt. It makes a nice flaky pastry that is also quite sturdy if you wish to mold your pie instead of using a pan