Plain Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 2^/^ cups sifted flour
• a pinch salt
• a heaping teasp baking powder
• 1 cup shortening
• about i/^ cup cold water

Method

1. 1

   To 2.5 cups sifted flour add a pinch salt and a heaping teaspoon baking powder.

2. 2

   Then mix in 1 cup shortening, using a chopping knife to cut through the flour, and lastly add about 0.5 cup cold water, or enough to make a stiff dough.

3. 3

   Mix and handle as little as possible — only just enough to get it into shape and to roll it out.

4. 4

   This amount will make two pies.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 16 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Pie Crust To 2^/^ cups sifted flour add a pinch salt and a heaping teasp baking powder. Then mix in 1 cup shortening (I use one-half butter and one-half lard), using a chopping knife to cut through the flour, and lastly add about i/^ cup cold water

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