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Pie Crust

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Pie Crust

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a bowl, mix the flour and salt.

  2. Add the lard and mix it in lightly.

  3. Gradually add cold water until the dough holds together.

  4. Knead the dough as little as possible to avoid toughness.

  5. Roll out the dough gently, ensuring it is not too stiff or too wet.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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