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    Easy Pie Dough


    Source of Recipe


    USA Weekend


    List of Ingredients


    • 1 cup flour plus 2 Tbls.
    • 1 Tbls. sugar
    • 1/2 tsp. salt
    • 4 Tbls. cold cream cheese, cut into 1/2" chunks
    • 4 Tbs. frozen butter
    • 2 Tbs. frozen vegetable shortening
    • 3 Tbls. ice-cold water


    Instructions


    1. Mix flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl.
    2. Rub cream cheese into flour mixutre with fingertips to blend thoroughly.
    3. Grate frozen butter and shortening into four mix.
    4. Work quickly to rub fat into four until it has the texture of coarse sand and small pepples.
    5. Stir in ice-cold water with a fork until dough clumps form; press to form a ball.
    6. Wrape dough in plastic wrap, press into a thick disk.
    7. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before rolling into 14" circle.
 

 

 

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