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Plain Pie Crust

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Plain Pie Crust

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, rub ½ pound of lard into 1 pound of flour.

  2. Add ¼ teaspoon of salt.

  3. Gradually add cold water until a soft dough forms.

  4. Work the dough 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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