Shortening Pie Pastry

Ingredients Tick them off

• 5 cups All – purpose flour
• 2 cups Shorteningtender flake or lard
• Brown sugartbsp
• 1 tsp Sea salt
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 1 large Egg
• 1 tbsp Vinegar
• 1 cup Water

Method Tap a step to keep your place

1. Mix together flour, baking soda, brown sugar and salt, then cut lard in cubes and add to dry ingredients.

2. Blend all ingredients together with hand, mixer or pastry cutter, until all combined.

3. In a one cup measuring cup add egg and vinegar and mix together and top with water to make one cup.

4. Add liquid to flour mixture and continue blending together with hand, mixer until it forms a ball. “ Add more flour or water if needed”

5. Cover in clear wrap and put in fridge to cool lard, chill overnight or for a few hours.

6. When ready remove from fridge bring to room temperature and cut in four equal pieces, makes four pie crust.

7. Roll out on counter top with a dusting of flour, place one pastry in oiled pie pan and roll the others.

8. Cut one in strips for the top of pie, the other two place on a sheet of parchment paper and a piece of clear wrap, roll pastry in parchment paper and wrap in clear wrap to freeze for later use.

9. Preheat oven to 350ºf and bake pastry for 30 minutes or depending on what pie your making. Follow cooking pie instructions to bake full pie.