pie crust anna olson

(from maude’s recipe box)

Categories: Cakes/Pies/Pastry

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 C cake/pastry powder--can use 2 C all purpose flour and remove 1/4 C flour and ADD 1/4 C cornstarch
  • 2 T sugar
  • 3/4 t salt
  • 1 C unsalted butter cut into smaller pieces and put in freezer for 10 minutes IF USING FOOD PROCESSOR TO COMBINE
  • 6 T ice cold water
  • 1 T lemon juice

Directions

  1. Sift with mixer flour, sugar and salt

  2. Sift with mixer flour, sugar and salt

  3. Add 1 C butter pieces to dough-combine until butter pea size

  4. Add 1 C butter pieces to dough-combine until butter pea size

  5. Sift with mixer flour, sugar and salt

  6. OR IF USING PROCESSOR ADD FROM FREEZER AND PULSE TO PEA SIZE BUTTER

  7. Sift with mixer flour, sugar and salt

  8. Add water

  9. Add 1 C butter pieces to dough-combine until butter pea size

  10. OR IF USING PROCESSOR ADD FROM FREEZER AND PULSE TO PEA SIZE BUTTER

  11. Add lemon juice

  12. Flour board with ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

  13. Add water

  14. OR IF USING PROCESSOR ADD FROM FREEZER AND PULSE TO PEA SIZE BUTTER

  15. Roll into 2 discs

  16. Add 1 C butter pieces to dough-combine until butter pea size

  17. CHILL 1-2 hours

  18. Add water

  19. Glass plate=sprinkle bottom with flour

  20. Add lemon juice

  21. Flour surface again with all purpose flour and roll pie crust

  22. Add lemon juice

  23. Pull up edge of crust

  24. Flour board with ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

  25. CHILL

  26. Flour board with ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

  27. OR IF USING PROCESSOR ADD FROM FREEZER AND PULSE TO PEA SIZE BUTTER

  28. Bake 400 FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN 375 TO FINISH

  29. Roll into 2 discs

  30. CHILL 1-2 hours

  31. Add water

  32. Flour surface again with all purpose flour and roll pie crust

  33. Glass plate=sprinkle bottom with flour

  34. Add lemon juice

  35. Pull up edge of crust

  36. CHILL

  37. Flour board with ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

  38. Bake 400 FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN 375 TO FINISH

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