100 Year Old Pie Crust Recipes

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, shortening, sugar, and salt. Blend together with a pastry cutter until crumbly.
• In a small bowl, mix egg with water. Blend into flour mixture. Chill in refrigerator until ready to use.

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, shortening, sugar, and salt. Blend together with a pastry cutter until crumbly.
• 2. In a small bowl, mix the egg with water. Blend into flour mixture.
• 3. Cover tightly with plastic and chill in the refrigerator until ready to use. NOTE: I form a ball(s) and then pat into a disk shape and wrap in plastic wrap.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl using a pastry cutter, mix flour, shortening, sugar and salt until crumbly.
• In a separate bowl, mix egg and water. Add to flour mixture using the pastry cutter.
• I have also used a food processor and a dough blade on pulse for each step.
• Cover tightly with plastic and chill until ready to roll out.

Steps:

• In large bowl mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening with two butter knifes.
• In separate bowl, mix together egg, vinegar, and water. Drizzle wet mixture into dry mixture, cutting it in.
• Roll out dough, and fit into two 9 inch pie pans.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 12 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Mix up the flour and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Remove 1/4 cup and put that in a small bowl.
• 2. Cut the Crisco into the flour/salt mixture until it resembles fine crumbs.
• 3. Make a paste of the ice water and the reserved flour/salt mixture. Stir it well with a fork until it is smooth.
• 4. Using a rubber/silicone spatula, scrape the paste onto the flour/salt/Crisco mixture. Mix with a fork, and then gently with your clean hands. Refrigerate for about an hour.
• 5. Dust your work surface with flour. Pat the dough into an evenly thick round, then use a rolling pin and beginning at the center roll outward, turn the dough a quarter turn, roll out again and repeat. Roll evenly until the dough is about 11" in diameter.
• 6. Roll the dough up onto the rolling pin and lay gently into a 9" pie pan. Press gently into the bottom and sides of the pan, allow about a 1" overhang. Turn under the overhang and flute the edges. Using the tines of the fork, prick the bottom and sides of the dough. This helps keep the dough from shrinking while baking. Refrigerate the crust for one hour before baking. This helps give it a flaky texture when baked. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees F.

Steps:

• 1. Mix first 3 ingredients plus salt until crumbly.
• 2. Add milk until mixed into dough.
• 3. Use when a crust is called for in pies.

Steps:

• Mix first 3 ingredients plus salt until crumbly.
• Add milk until mixed into dough.

Steps:

• Amish Sugar Cream Pie In sauce pan combine, white sugar, salt, half-and-half and whipping cream. Bring to a boil. In another sauce pan, combine Br.sugar & cornstarch. Gradually whisk in hot mixture into br.sugar mixture. Add margarine/or butter (to me this makes it even better.). Cook over med. heat, whisk constantly, 5 min or until thick. Simmer 1 minute and stir in van. Pour into uncooked pie shell and sprinkle w/cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake at 375°F for 25 minutes. 100 Year Old Pie Crust Mix first 3 ingredients plus salt until crumbly. Add milk until mixed into dough. Shape into a ball and chill for 2 hours. Roll out on a floured pastry board.

Steps:

• Whisk flour with salt in a bowl; use a fork to stir in vegetable oil. Mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, before adding more water. Gather dough into a ball, divide in half, and roll out on a floured work surface.

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt in a bowl. Cut in shortening. Add milk and vinegar. Shape dough into a ball. Chill for 30 minutes. Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each half to fit a 9-in. pie pan.