Dolly's Pie Crust

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups lard
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/2 cup water, iced

Recipe

• 1 mix all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl. cut in lard until fine crumbs appear. do not over do this step.
• 2 in separate bowl mix together the beaten egg, vinegar and cold water (the colder the better). add this to the above dry crumb mixture and bring dough together in a ball form.
• 3 remove from bowl and shape into large disc shape. double wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. unwrap and place disc on lightly floured board. cut into 4 wedges and re-wrap 2 wedges and return to refrigerator.
• 4 roll dough out to desired size and continue with your pie.
• 5 this freezes wonderfully for future use. if you do freeze, make sure to double wrap and place in a freezer bag. try to use within 8 weeks for best results. if you store in refrigerator, use within a week.