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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 flour and salt.

  2. Cut in lard until well combined.

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

  4. Divide the dough in half for the upper crust.

  5. Roll out the first half thinly and place small pieces of lard on top.

  6. Fold the dough over the lard and shape it into a ball.

  7. Roll out the ball to fit the size of the pie pan.

  8. Place small pieces of lard on top of the rolled 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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