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Perfect Pie Crust II
Kira Hultsman
"This crust melts in your mouth! Recipe can be cut in half."
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Ingredients
1 h 15 m servings 292Original recipe yields 16 servings (4 single crusts)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Place flour in a large bowl. Cut in shortening and butter until mixture is crumbly.
- In a separate bowl, mix together egg, sugar, salt, and lemon juice. Make a well in the center of flour mixture. Pour in all of egg mixture and half of ice water. Stir gently with a fork, adding more water as needed, just until mixture forms a ball.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface and cut into 4 equal portions. Knead each piece briefly and shape into a disc. Chill 1 hour before rolling out.
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Most helpful positive review
5/6/2012
A simply beautiful, perfect pie crust. Easy to roll out (even easier to mix since I used the food processor), rich and flavorful, thanks to the egg, butter and sugar; tender and flaky. A light ...
Most helpful critical review
11/28/2014
Because it was called Perfect Pie crust I tried it. It was awful! I've made a lot of pies in my life but have never fought with a pie crust like this one! Wouldn't roll out right, kept breaking...
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5/6/2012
A simply beautiful, perfect pie crust. Easy to roll out (even easier to mix since I used the food processor), rich and flavorful, thanks to the egg, butter and sugar; tender and flaky. A light ...
12/15/2007
I agree with the other reviewers that this pie crust is absolutely wonderful. Great taste, texture, AND very easy to work with. I use this recipe to make Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings by Micki. ...
1/28/2007
This pie crust rolled out velvety smooth and was an absolute pleasure to work with. The crust is slightly sweet with a hint of lemon. This has to be one of the flakiest, most tender pie crusts ...
11/29/2008
We used all butter. It turned out great! A simple, reliable, easy to handle pie crust. Will use again!
12/8/2008
I used this recipe for ALL of our Thanksgiving pies and they turned out great! I also used it for a chicken pot pie (I cut the sugar in half), also awesome.
10/14/2008
I used butter but it turned out great! Nice flaky crust. It was so easy too I could hardly believe it!
6/30/2013
This is the third pie crust I've made from this site and even better than the last one, which I gave rave reviews. Aside from being delicious it was absolutely the easiest pie crust dough I've ...
8/6/2010
I find this pie crust beautiful, but I'm perplexed by the recipe instructions. I don't understand gently stirring the butter and shortening into the flour with a fork and this created quite a ch...