Mix dry ingredients:
4 cups flour
1 TB sugar
2 tsp salt
Cut in . . .
1 cup cold butter
3/4 cup cold shortening
Toss lightly with
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup ice water
Add additional ice water by the tablespoon
only as needed (up to 1/2 cup).
Makes 4 single crusts or 2 double crusts.
[For anyone curious, in the photo Brittany used 1/2 of the above recipe (2 single crusts), lined a 9 x 13 pan and doubled my quiche recipe to fill it. It was as yummy as it looks. :o)]
I hope everyone's summer
5 comments:
This looks yummy! My pie crust calls for shortening, too, though I'm trying to do away with shortening in our home. Have you ever tried lard?
Tracy ~ I've not tried lard - though I've heard it does make a very flaky crust. In my experimentation crust with all shortening tasted a bit flat and all butter was somewhat fragile. I just kept pulling from different recipes and tweaking until I got what we liked. The result is that the final recipe has been jotted on the edge of another recipe for a few years now and keeps getting lost in the shuffle. :o) My blog seemed like a safe place to plant it for now. Let me know if you experiment with lard - I'd love to know how it turns out in taste and texture.
yummmmm...do you know I have had to go to my blog before for my season salt recipe...whew...I was glad I had posted on it...
lol Deby - I'm so glad I'm not the only one! :o)
Jodi and Brittany...that Quiche makes me hungry....your's are always so delicious.....
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