Friday, December 17, 2010

Pie Crust

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups shortening
4-5 tablespoons cold water - more or less

Mix flour with salt
Plop in the shortening
Blend with pastry blender (or whatever) until it is all crumbly
There should not be big glops of shortening but stop before it is all fine and even crumbs
Add in some water a bit at a time
Fluff with fork after each addition
Continue until it is all damp but not too sticky
Sticky dough is hard to roll out

Fill pie

There will be a bit left over from the trimmings
Roll this out and make Pin Wheels:
Spread with butter
Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar
Roll up
Cut into sections
Bake on aluminum foil lined pan (the sugar gets sticky)
Pop it into the oven beside the pie and bake til brown enough

Eat - yum - careful you don’t burn your tongue