Classic Double Pie Crust Recipe - Easy Homemade Pastry

YIELD Makes pastry for 1 (9-inch) double pie crust

INGREDIENTS

2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons cold butter 6 tablespoons shortening or lard 6 to 8 tablespoons cold water

PREPARATION:

1. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter and lard with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over flour mixture, mixing until flour is moistened. Shape dough into a ball. Roll, fill and bake as recipe directs.

Note For single crust, cut recipe in half. This recipe appears in: Cranberry Apple Nut Pie  /  Pies & Tarts