Wheat germ pie crust

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Unbleached white flour
1 cup Wheat germ
½ cup Unsalted butter or margarine, Cold
¼ cup Ice water

Directions

Makes Dough for two-Crust 9" pie 1) Combine the flour and wheat germ in a mixing bowl. Cut in the butter untill the mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in just enough of the ice water so that hte dough holds together. Handle the dough as little as possible.

2) Turn out hte dough onto a floured board. Divide into two pieces, one slightly larger than the other. Form both pieces quickly into balls. Wrap each ball in waxed paper and refridgerate for one hour atleast.

3) Dust the larger ball with flour ( leavethe smaller ball in the fridge while you work with the larger) Roll it into a circle about ⅛ inch thick.

Line a 9" pie plate with the dough trim the edge.

4) Fill the pie. Roll out hte remaining dough for the top crust. Place it carefully over filling and press both crusts together to seal at the edge.

Trim the excess dough and flute at the rim. Bake as directed in th epie of your choice. Posted to EAT-L Digest 16 Apr 97 by Jennylyn27@... on Apr 17, 1997

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