Handy Pastry

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Title: Handy Pastry
Categories: Pies
Yield: 40 servings

4 c All-purpose flour
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Salt
1 3/4 c Shortening
1 Egg; beaten
1/2 c Cold water
1 tb Vinegar

Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:10
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large
bowl; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture
resembles coarse meal. Stir in egg, water, and vinegar.
Divide dough into 5 equal parts; shape each into a ball and
wrap tightly. Chill. May be stored up to 2 weeks in
refrigerator. To fit into pieplate, roll each ball of dough
to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Place
in a 9-inch pieplate; trim off excess pastry along edges.
Fold edges under and flute. For baked pastry shell, prick
bottom and sides of pastry generously with a fork. Bake at
450 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Yield: pastry for five 9-inch pies.

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