Homemade Pie Crust
This pie crust makes enough for 2 pies or 8 mini pies.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup lard or butter
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Blend the flour, salt, and butter with a fork or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse sand, with some small lumps of butter (no larger than pea-sized) remaining.
- Add water to bring the dough together and divide the dough into 4 pieces.
- Lightly flour your work surface and rolling pin. Roll out half of the dough from the center moving outward, turning it a quarter turn and repeating until the diameter of the whole crust is about 4 inches larger than the pie pan. If the edges of the crust start to split, pinch them together before continuing.
- Carefully transfer the pie crust to the pie pan, flute the edges, and proceed with your pie recipe as directed.