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Pie Crust

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Pie Crust

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Rub the lard into the flour using your fingers.

  2. Add the water and salt, then mix the dough with a spoon or knife.

  3. Knead the dough lightly.

  4. Separate the dough into two portions: three-fifths for the lower crust and two-fifths for the upper 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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