Recipe - Handy Pastry

4 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 Three fourths cup Shortening
1 Egg; beaten
One half cup Cold water
1 tablespoon Vinegar

Makes pastry for five 9 inch pies

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl; cut in
shortening with pastry blender until mix resembles coarse meal. Stir in
egg, water, and vinegar. Divide dough into 5 equal parts; shape each into a
ball and wrap tightly. Chill. May be stored up to 2 weeks in refrigerator.

To fit into a pie plate, roll each ball of dough to 1/8 inch thickness on a
lightly floured surface. Place in a 9 inch pie plate; trim off excess
pastry along edges. Fold edges under and flute.

For baked pastry shell, prick bottom and sides of pastry generously with a
fork. Bake at 450°F for 10 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Busted by Gail Shermeyer 4paws@netrax.net

Recipe by: The Southern Living Cookbook, 1987, 848707095

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Gail Shermeyer 4paws@netrax.net on May 02,
1998