Frozen Pie Crust

Why I Love This Recipe

I love the idea of taking a rolled-up pie crust out of the freezer to thaw and then lay out in a pan for a quick pie; it takes so much less room in my freezer than a pie pan with the crust inside. I make a lot of pies and can save quite a bit by not buying them from Pillsbury. So I finally figured out how to do this. The crust recipe is probably irrelevant though I use a conventional one. This recipe has the advantage of avoiding the use of pastry cloths and rolling pin covers, and is quite clean, dirtying no dishes or counters.

Ingredients You'll Need

You need to recycle some things:
1 plastic vegetable bag from the produce section of the grocery store, cut open at the end.
1 cardboard tube from a roll of paper towels

1 cup white flour
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix with a fork or pastry cutter until it resembles small pebbles.
Add 2 tablespoons water with a fork until the dough sticks together solidly; avoid using your hands as this adds gluten which has a tendency to make it less flaky.

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