Fool-proof Pie Crust

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Fool-proof Pie Crust

My grandmother's pie crust recipe, makes a good pie crust that's hard to screw up. Take the usual precautions for flakiness anyway.

• 2 tsp. salt
• 4 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 c. vegetable shortening
• 1 Tbl. sugar.

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• 1 Tbl. vinegar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c. water

Mix first 4 ingredients well with fork (or pastry blender). Then add the last 3 ingredients to the flour mixture. Mold into a ball, chill at least 15 minutes before rolling dough. Can be left in refrigerator up to 3 days or frozen until ready to use.

Makes 2x 9" double-crusts and 1x 9" shell. (i.e., divvy up into 4-5 balls, get one out and roll it out as you need a single pie crust. I use this for a lot of pies--my cranberry-pecan pie as well as apple pies, generic "dump in the can of fruit pie filling" pies, etc.