Grandma Marlene's Pie Crust

Two layer crust recipe.

Ingredients

2½ C	all-purpose flour (sifted)
1 t	salt
1 t	sugar (Confirmed by mom - 10-23-2011)
5.8 oz	lard (shortening can be substituted) ~3/4+ C
6 to 9 T	cold water- depending on consistency

Preparation

1. Ready a bowl of cold water and add a bunch of ice to it.
2. Sift flour, salt & sugar together.
3. Measure 5.8 oz lard using a scale.
4. Cut in lard until pieces are the size of large peas.  Actually cut in half the lard till like large peas, then cut in remaining till like large peas.
5. Add ice cold water 1 T at a time using a fork.  Just move the flour around with the fork (slowly) while adding the water.  Do not knead or stir together.
6. Press down the flour and water mixture into the bowl and then put it in the freezer for a few minutes or refridgerater for 30 minutes or more.
7. Remove the flour mixture from the cooler and cut in half
8. Roll half of the flour mixture into ball.
9. Sprinkle flour on table and roll out doe ball.
10. Put into bottom of the Pie Plate and overlap the edge
11. poke dough in the bottom of pie pan with fork (if only doing a bottom crust pie)
12. Add fruit ingredient
13. For Apple pie, add some butter slices to the top of the pie
14. Roll out 2nd ball of dough and put on the top of the fruit mixture, overlapping edges by a couple inches.
15. tuck top layer of dough under bottom layer.
16. Add fancy thumb/finger pinch thingie around the edge

Notes:

1. For fruit pies, Mom adds a mixture of sugar & flour to bottom of pie to help soak up extra juice.
2. For meringue pies, poke bottom crust to prevent bottom crust from bubbling up during it's bake.
3. To Blind Bake: Poke bottom side with a fork. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

 

See Apple Pie Recipe

LARD			<--- Ratio of Lard to Four =  0.33 : 1
1 C of Lard = 7 oz
cup	cup	oz
1	1	7
	0.9	6.3
	0.825	5.775	<-- Use this for 2.5 Cups of Flour
3/4	0.75	5.25
2/3	0.66	4.62	<-- Use this for 2 Cups of Flour (2C Flour - use - 2/3 C Lard)
1/2	0.5	3.5
1/3	0.33	2.31
1/4	0.25	1.75