EASY PIE CRUST

By gaster16

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Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup cake flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2” pieces
2 tablespoons chilled solid vegetable shortening cut into 1/2” pieces
3 tablespoons (or more) ice water

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Preparation

Step 1

Blend first 4 ingredients in processor. Add butter and shortening and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 3 tablespoons ice water and process until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic, refrigerate 1 hour. Can be made 2 days ahead and kept in refrigerator. Soften dough slightly at room temperature before rolling out. Roll out dough disk on floured surface to 12” round. Transfer to 9” diameter glass pie dish. Fold crust edge under, crimp edge decoratively.