Short Pastry

Short Pastry

From The Settlement Cookbook

Makes enough for 2 bottoms of of 9 inch pie crusts.

2 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1 1/2 tsp salt
ice water

Have all materials ice-cold. Sift flour and salt. Blend the shortening and butter into the flour, add enough ice water, very slowly, to hold dough together. Chill half and hour or more. Roll 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick and line pie plate.