Pie-crust
Ingredients
Directions
In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder.
Cut in the lard until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Gradually add the water, mixing until the dough is soft.
Take part of the crust and roll it in butter for the top crust.
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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