Sally's easy piecrust - country cooking

1 double pie

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Unsifted all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoon Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Vegetable shortening
5 To 6 T cold water

Directions

1. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

2. Sprinkle cold water over flour mixture, 1 T at a time, and mix lightly with fork until pastry holds together when lightly pressed, Shape the pastry into 2 equal balls; flatten each to a 1-inch thickness. Wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

Country Cooking/Summer/94 Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary

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