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Pie Crust

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Pie Crust

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine flour and salt.

  2. Rub in the lard until well mixed.

  3. Add enough water to form a dough that is not too stiff.

  4. Roll out the dough and spread a thin layer of butter on top.

  5. Fold the dough, spread with butter again, and fold once more.

  6. Roll out the dough again, kneading as little as possible.

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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