Directions: |
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1. Wash hands
In a medium mixing bowl, add 3 good size spoons of flour (1 scoop of flour or 1 1/4 cups)
1 1/2 good size spoon fulls of crisco (little less than 1/2 cup)
Cut through with a knife, then hand mix with fingers. If it seems too greasy add more flour.
In separate small bowl, add one egg, 1/2 cup water, and 1 cap full of vinegar.
Add the egg liquid, a little at a time to the flour mixture. Cut with a knife as you add the liquid mixture. (Should not feel sticky)
Dip hands in flour, make a fist size patty (about half the dough) put flour on rolling surface. Roll carefully back and forth and up and down until it gets to be a about 1 inch bigger than the size of pan you are going to use.
Fold dough in half carefully and place in the bottom of the pie tin. Cut around the edge of the pie tin with scissors. Crust should be 1/2 inch bigger than pie tin.
To bake a single crust for a Banana Cream Pie:
Put 5 slashes in bottom of crust before baking - bake at 400 degrees until golden brown. Watch carefully.
For Filled Pies: Make a top of the crust, same procedure as the bottom. Before Filling pie - TOP SECRET TIP - whisk 1 egg in a small bowl, lightly brush over the top of bottom crust (set egg aside for later). This will keep the moisture from the apples from making the bottom of pie crust seem soggy.
For Apple Pie:
Put 1/4 cup sugar of bottom of the pie
Fill with sliced apples of your choice
Top with 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons of cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of hard butter.
Carefully place pie crust on top of pie tin - pinch edges of pie crust (bottom and top together) to seal pie. Make vent marks with the end a spoon, about 15 - 20 vent marks on top of pie.
Before baking pie, place a sheet of tin foil on bottom of over to catch spills from pie while baking or place on baking sheet with tin foil.
Bake at 400 degrees for the 1st 10 minutes then turn your oven down to 350 degrees to finish baking for approximately 45 minutes. When finished, the top should be golden brown.
Serve warm or cold with ice cream or whipping cream on top. |
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