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To Make Pie Pastry Recipe

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Making pastry is a very easy and will be flaky and delicious. Just follow directions on how to prepare your specific pie.—Katie Koziolek, Hartland, Minnesota

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To Make Pie Pastry Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

Single Crust (8-inch to 10-inch pie):
1-1/4 to 1-3/4 cups Basic Pastry Mix (recipe also in Recipe Finder)
2 to 4 tablespoons cold water
Double Crust (8-inch to 10-inch pie):
2 to 2-3/4 cups Basic Pastry Mix (recipe also in Recipe Finder)
4 to 6 tablespoons cold water

Directions

Place the pastry mix in a medium bowl. With a fork, gently mix in just enough water to moisten dry ingredients. Form into a ball. For ease of handling, wrap and chill until ready use. Roll out as for standard pastry. Follow specific recipe directions (for single or double crust) to fill and bake pie. Or bake without filling at 400° for 10 minutes or until the pastry is light golden brown.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 13 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 40 mg sodium, 2 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as To Make Pie Pastry in Country Woman May/June 1994, p38

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