General Rule for Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pint of flour
• 14 cup of butter
• 14 cup lard
• 1 teaspoonful salt
• % cup ice-water

Method

1. 1

   Put the flour, butter, lard, and salt in the chopping-bowl and chop till well mixed.

2. 2

   Then add the water, a little at a time, turning the paste and chopping till smooth, but never touching with the hand.

3. 3

   Put a very little flour on the pastry-board and lift the crust on this, and with a floured rolling-pin lightly roll it out once each way; fold it over and roll again, and do this several times till the crust looks even, with no lumps of butter showing anywhere.

4. 4

   Put it on a plate and lay it in the ice-chest for at least an hour before you use it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl (1905) by Caroline French Benton, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 pint of flour. 14 cup of butter. FOR A LITTLE GIRL 153 14 cup lard, 1 teaspoonful salt. % cup ice-water

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.