Old-Fashioned Pie Crust

Steps

• 1

  In a large bowl, add shortening, salt and flour. Using a pastry cutter, cut the dry ingredients into the shortening until the dough forms small pea-sized bits.
• 2

  Add water a tbsp at a time, cutting (with pastry cutter) after each addition. Using hands, blend dough until it holds together. Form two balls.
• 3

  Flour counter top or pastry board and rolling pin well. With first dough ball, form a large hockey puck shape. Turn over and roll out with rolling pin, rolling from center to edges to form a circle.
• 4

  Carefully place crust in pie pan. Repeat with second crust (or reserve for top crust of a two-crust pie.)