TenderflakeTM Perfect Pastry
- 6 cup Flour cake and pastry.......OR
- 5 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 lb lard....NOT SHORTENING...
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 egg - lightly beaten
- 1 cold water
- Mix together flour and salt
- Cut in the LARD with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse oatmeal
- In a 1 cup measure, combine vinegar and egg.
- Add enough water to make total 1 cup
- Gradually stir liquid into flour mixture.
- Add only enough water to make dough cling together.
- Gather into a ball and divide into 6 portions for pie crusts.
- Wrap unused portions and refridgerate or freeze.
- Roll out each portion used on lightly floured surface.
- If dough is sticking, chill for 1 to 2 hours
- Transfer dough to pie plate as normal
- MAKES THREE 9 - inch double crust pies or 6 pie shells
- Always good idea to cool before roll out.
flour cake, flour, salt, lard, vinegar, egg, cold water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/332072-tenderflake%E2%84%A2-perfect-pastry (may not work)