How to Make Pastry for a One Crust Pie

1 cup sifted enriched flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/3 cup shortening (or lard)

2-3 tbsp ice water

Mix and sift flour and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender. Sprinkle with cold water. Gather dough together and press firmly into a ball. Roll out into a circle 1" larger than pan, all around. Fit loosely into pan. Avoid stretching to prevent shrinkage.

Let pastry rest a few minutes then fold extra pastry back and under and build up a high fluted edge even with the pan rim.

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Prick bottom of unfilled shell with fork to keep pastry from puffing up and warping during baking. Bake in very hot oven 450F until delicately browned, 12-15 minutes. After 5 minutes of baking look at pastry shell and quickly collapse any bubbles by pricking.

Cool pastry shell in the pan on a cake rack away from any draft before adding filling.

If filling and pastry are baked together do not prick the crust. Bake according to recipe directions for the pie.

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