Plain Pastry

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons shortening
• cold water

Directions

1. Sift flour and salt into a bowl.

2. Rub in shortening until the mixture resembles fine powder.

3. Slowly add cold water to form a stiff dough.

4. Place dough on a floured board and roll into a circle to fit the pie plate.

5. Fit the dough loosely into the pie plate.