Flaky Pie Crust

Flaky Pie Crust

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 cups sifted flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 pound Tenderflake lard
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • cold water

Instructions
 

  • Combine flour (start with 4 cups – the rest can be used to roll), salt.
  • Cut in lard (should look like large curd cottage cheese).
  • Beat together egg, vinegar and enough cold water to fill one cup.
  • Add all at once to flour mixture. The mixture will be wet.
  • Roll into a log – can be rolled immediately or chilled before rolling.
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