If you follow my blog then you know I just recently started making bread. I have become quite good at it now. I make a wonderful olive loaf, raisin with or without cinnamon, and pizza's without the recipes. I haven't eaten store bought bread since, and none have been failures. So I saw a pie crust on U-tube, and decided it looked so good I had to try to make it. I have looked and looked, but I have not found that video again. I found one recipe using butter, that sounds like lot of butter. It said flaky pie crust, so that is the one I tried. Here goes first pie crust.
You know me if things can go wrong they will. First of all, I spotted fruit filling in the cubboard, a good sign until I had to decide between cherry and blueberry. Daphne doesn't like cherry. You know they flavor medicine with grape and cherry to get kids to take their meds. then they stop eating jellies, and jams, or any thing else made with cherry or grape.
Sifting the flour, I have everything I need, except wax paper. I think real hard before I continue. I have a roll of brown paper in my room for art, I'll just just that. Keep in mind this is my first pie crust ever. I must say watching videos on you tube does help. To start with I cut thin slices of butter, not margarine, butter. A cup of butter, just looking at it sounds like a lot. I go back to the computer and watch a few more recipes. Some are 1/2 butter, and 1/2 shorting, but I stick with the recipe I have the first time.
I bought this to make biscuits. I guess you can do it with a fork, and in the videos they just use their hands. I put the butter in the freezer while getting everything ready, about 5 minutes will do it I guess. Here is the recipe to follow, and yes it did turn out flaky.
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter
3 cups flour
1/3 cup water
sugar (optional)
I put in 1 tlb
fruit filler
1 tsp vinegar
9" pie pan
I beat the egg with a fork with the water and vinegar. Then I set it in the freezer with the butter. Using a large bowl I sifted the flour and salt. The with the fancy pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until it was mixed very well. Now add the egg mixture. I ended up having to add 1 tlb of water to get it mixed enough to knead. Note only knead a little before rolling out flat. Break the dough in half, rolling each out on wax paper flat, and putting in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
After the 20 minutes are up, take one of the pie crust out and place pie pan upside down, cutting out a circle. The other crust place inside the pie pan and fill with the filling of choice. Place the cut out circle in the center, folding the edges over and pinching it all the way around. OOH I forgot, make fork holes in the bottom pie crust before adding filling. Also, make fork holes in top before baking.
Now, myself and the recipe did not tell me to do it but it turned out great. After about 3 or 4 minutes I took it out sprinkled sugar over the top and baked until the top browned.
That my friends is my first pie. Not bad!
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