Aida's Single Pie Crust

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter, cold
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 7 -8 tablespoons ice water

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar, and salt.
• 2 cut in the butter until there are large crumbles.
• 3 cut in the shortening until incorporated. the crumbles do not have to be uniform in size.
• 4 add the ice water by tablespoon just until the dough can be shaped into a ball.
• 5 form the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and let in rest in the refrigerator.
• 6 roll to the desired size on a floured surface, place in pie plate, and pierce the bottom with fork tines.
• 7 while preheating the oven, put a cookie sheet in the oven. place the pie plate on this hot surface while baking to ensure a flaky bottom crust.