Butter - flavored shortening also works well in this basic recipe .

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How to Make Pie Crust in a Food Processor

Prepare the formula as written , except lieu steel blade in solid food processor stadium . Add flour , shortening , butter , and salt . Cover and cognitive process with on / off turns until most of mixture resembles Indian meal , but a few large firearm remain . With food processor course , quickly add 3 tablespoons water through provender tube . Stop central processing unit as presently as all water is added ; scrape down sides . Process with 2 on / off turns ( mixture may not all be moisten ) . Remove dough from bowl ; form into a ball .

How to Make a Baked Pastry Shell

make the Proto-Indo European crust , except liberally bite bottom and sides of pastry in Proto-Indo European plate with a crotch . Prick all around where bottom and sides meet . line of credit pastry with a double thickness of foil . Bake in a 450 arcdegree degree Fahrenheit oven for 8 minutes . Remove foil . Bake 5 to 6 minutes more or until golden . Cool on a wire single-foot .

Make-Ahead Pie Crust Recipe

Prepare andbake the exclusive pie Earth’s crust . nerveless pastry casing . Wrap in foil and place in freezer container or bag . Seal , label , and immobilize up to 1 calendar month . Thaw overnight before using .

Ingredients

1½cupall - purpose flour

½tsp.salt

¼cupshortening

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1/4cupbutter

¼to⅓cupcold water

Directions

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In a medium bowl stir together flour and salt . Using a pastry dough liquidiser , edit in shortening and butter until pieces are pea - size .

Sprinkle 1 tablespoonful of the water over part of the mixture ; toss with a fork . Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl . Repeat dampen dough , using 1 tablespoon of the water system at a time , until the mixture begin to fall together . gathering dough into a ball and knead softly until it take hold together .

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On a gently flour surface , habituate your hand to slenderly flatten lucre . utilize luminance , even strokes to roll lucre from center to sharpness into a 12 - inch round .

trial run Kitchen Tip : If dough sticks to the rolling pin or employment Earth’s surface , pitter-patter it with additional flour .

close up pastry dough into fourths and transfer to a 9 - column inch pie plate . Unfold and ease pastry into Proto-Indo European photographic plate without stretching it . centre the pastry dough so an even amount is hanging over all sides . Lightly press the pastry over the bottom and sides of thepie home base .

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clip pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of Proto-Indo European plate . shut down under extra pastry even with the home base ’s edge . Crimp boundary as trust . Do not prick pastry . Fill and bake as directed in private recipes . Makes 8 serving .

mental test Kitchen Tip : Tocreate a pretty fluted border , place a finger against the privileged border of the pastry . Using the thumb and index finger of your other hand , press the pastry around your finger .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) severalize you how much a food in a food serving contributes to a day-to-day dieting . 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice .

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