- 3 cups flour
- 1¼ cups Crisco
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 5½ tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 egg
- In a medium bowl combine flour and salt. Using a pastry blender cut Crisco until pieces are pea-size.
- In a small bowl, beat water, vinegar and egg together.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of water and egg mixture over part of the flour mixture, gently tossing with a fork. Put moistened dough to the side of the bowl, repeat moistening flour mixture, using 1 tablespoon of liquid mixture at a time, until all the flour mixture is moistened.
- On a lightly floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten dough. Roll from center to edges into a circle about 12 inches in diameter.
Yield: 4 9-inch pie shells or 2 double crust 9-inch pies

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