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Recipe name No fail Pastry

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Meal Dessert

Main ingredient Shortening

Number of servings

Origin Inside of a Crisco packet

Season

Cooking type Western

Time required 30 minutes

Difficulty **

Suggested wines

Ingredients 2 cups of flour
3/4 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of shortening
1 egg
2 tablespoons of cold water
1 tablespoon of white vinegar

Directions This makes one double crust pie, or two pie shells.

Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening using a pastry cutter (or if necessary, two knives) until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

Beat the egg, water, and vinegar together. Pour this mixture over the flour. Stir with a fork until the mix is moistened.

Divide the dough in half and shape into two balls. At this point, you can save half for later in the freezer, or make two pies, or make a pie with a top and bottom.

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Recipe name	No fail Pastry
No image available
Meal	Dessert
Main ingredient	Shortening
Number of servings
Origin	Inside of a Crisco packet
Season
Cooking type	Western
Time required	30 minutes
Difficulty	**
Suggested wines
Ingredients	2 cups of flour 3/4 teaspoon of salt 1 cup of shortening 1 egg 2 tablespoons of cold water 1 tablespoon of white vinegar
Directions	This makes one double crust pie, or two pie shells. Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening using a pastry cutter (or if necessary, two knives) until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Beat the egg, water, and vinegar together. Pour this mixture over the flour. Stir with a fork until the mix is moistened. Divide the dough in half and shape into two balls. At this point, you can save half for later in the freezer, or make two pies, or make a pie with a top and bottom.
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