My Mom's Pie Crust Recipe

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My Mom's Pie Crust
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Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sifted flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/3 cups shortening
  • 3 -5 tbsp ice water

Directions:

  1. Sift together flour and salt. Cut shortening into flour with a pastry cutter until it has the texture of coarse crumbs. Combine egg, water, and vinegar (start with 3 tablespoons of water, and add the rest only if you need it to make the dough hold together). Pour into flour mixture all at once. Blend with a spoon just until flour is all moistened. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
  2. Gather into a ball and roll out on waxed paper. To place in pie plate, lift waxed paper and peel off when crust is in place. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes before baking.
  3. To pre-bake, prick shell at 1/2-inch intervals before refrigerating. Press a doubled 12-inch square of aluminum foil into pie shell. Adjust oven rack to lowest position, heat oven to 400 degrees. Weight crust with pie weights. Bake, until crust is firmly set, about 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees, remove weights and foil, and continue to bake until crust is crisp and rich brown in color, about 8-10 minutes longer.
  4. Makes one double (top and bottom) crust or two single (bottom) crusts.
  5. Some of the secrets to light, flaky, tender pie crusts are: 1) Have the ingredients cool or chilled when you start; chill the dough when you aren't working with it (before you roll it out, after it's in the pie plate and before baking). 2) Handle the dough as little as possible; avoid over-blending or re-rolling it. You want to have unblended bits of shortening in the mixture, to create the flakey texture.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 415.5 Kcal (1740 kJ)
Calories from fat 415.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 46.18g 71%
Cholesterol 27.48mg 9%
Sodium 404.06mg 17%
Potassium 29.69mg 1%
Total Carbs 0.57g 0%
Sugars 0.3g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g 0%
Protein 1.15g 2%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 17mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 628.35 Kcal (2631 kJ)
Calories from fat 628.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 69.83g 71%
Cholesterol 41.55mg 9%
Sodium 611.06mg 17%
Potassium 44.9mg 1%
Total Carbs 0.86g 0%
Sugars 0.45g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.15g 0%
Protein 1.74g 2%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 0.4mg 1%
Calcium 25.7mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.1
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

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