Lard Pie Crust
- 1 cup Flour
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1/3 cups Lard
- 2 Tablespoons Water
- This will make an 8 or 9 inch crust.
- For Two 9 inch crusts you will need:
- 2 c. four
- 1 Tsp. salt
- 2/3 c. lard
- 1/4 c. water
- Mix flour and salt in a bowl.
- Cut in lard with a pastry blender until small pea size particles are obtained.
- Sprinkle with water a little at a time. Mix with fork until flour is moist.
- Press into a ball and turn out onto a floured board. If making two crust pie, divide in half.
- Roll out with a rolling pin. Try not to use too much extra flour because it makes the crust tough. Roll out to desired size. Usually about 1 inch bigger around than the pie plate.
- Fold pastry in half and move up to pan. Unfold and put pastry into pan. Try not to stretch the dough because this causes shrinking while baking.
- Sprinkle the top crust with a little sugar to evenly brown.
flour, salt, lard, water
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/lard-pie-crust/ (may not work)