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Pie-crust

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Pie-crust

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and lard.

  2. Cut the lard into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

  3. Add water gradually, mixing until the dough holds together.

  4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to fit your pie dish.

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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