Flaky Pastry Recipe
If you wish to cook up a great meal, this Flaky Pastry has to be a part of it! A truly awesome combination anyone would love to savor. Also, this Flaky Pastry can be cooked in no time; a good reason to try it out!
Ingredients
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening
1/8 cup milk
Directions
Mix together flour and salt.
Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture looks like coarse cornmeal.
Remove 1/4cup of this mixture.
Mix well with the milk and stir into the flour shortening mixture until a dough is formed.
Press into a ball and flatten slightly.
Roll half the dough between 2 pieces of waxed paper as shown for Salad Oil Pastry.
Proceed according to directions for either pie shells or a double crust pie.
Makes two 8 or 9-inch shells or one double crust pie.
Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture looks like coarse cornmeal.
Remove 1/4cup of this mixture.
Mix well with the milk and stir into the flour shortening mixture until a dough is formed.
Press into a ball and flatten slightly.
Roll half the dough between 2 pieces of waxed paper as shown for Salad Oil Pastry.
Proceed according to directions for either pie shells or a double crust pie.
Makes two 8 or 9-inch shells or one double crust pie.