The Best Pastry Recipe Ever! |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This is another recipe from my MIL it's the best pastry recipe I have ever eaten in my life! An update: I just found out this Holiday Season how my MIL bakes this pastry which I have just updated the recipe. I had never known until now as at 90 years young we were helping her make her signature pies Wild Blueberry & Raspberry while my MIL supervised us very carefully! So it wasn't until I was getting ready to put the pies in the oven that I learned her method of baking at 400 Degree's for 10 minutes then 350 Degree's for the duration until golden brown. I regret I did not know this either you must add 1 Tablespoon of vinegar to the the one cup containing the egg and cold water making up only 1 cup to add to the dough. The recipe instructions have now been updated in the recipe. I did not know about either of these until now which I feel must be the secret to her flaky tender pie crust! My apologies to all for this error. Ingredients:
1 lb lard (tender flake lard) |
5 1/2 cups flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1 teaspoon salt |
1 egg (if you get a double yolk only one yolk) |
1 tablespoon vinegar (white) |
1/2 cup cold water (aside) |
Directions:
1. Keep 1 cup of the flour out to use this flour to roll out dough with.
2. Combine lard,flour,baking powder,salt.
3. In a cup with fork slightly beat egg, vinegar and cold water to make up 1 cup of ingredients
4. Add egg, water and vinegar to flour mixture form a ball.
5. Do not overwork dough.
6. Please, refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour or 24 hrs {this freezes very well} before using for the best result.
7. Bake at 400 Degrees in a preheated oven for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 350 until pastry is golden brown!
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