Never Fail Pie Crust from Amish

[donna]

This recipe for pie crust is from the Amish in Northern Indiana area. Always good to have a "never fail pie crust".

6 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups shortening
2 eggs beaten
2 tablespoons vinegar
2/3 cup cold water

Mix flour, salt and shortening. Mix all liquids together and add to flour.

 

[MRB1863]

Sounds like Mom's pie crust....always flaky. (the crust, not Mom)

 

[E_just_E]

Here is authentic civil War era Crust recipe from Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery, Directions for Cookery, in its various branches (Philadelphia 1851)


A BEEF-STEAK PIE.

MAKE a good paste in the proportion of a pound of butter to two pounds of sifted flour. Divide it in half, and line with one sheet of it the bottom and sides of a deep dish.....

So a lb of butter to 2 lbs of flour for a double crust (called "paste") and half of that for a single crust.

So for a single crust:

2 sticks of butter & 3.5 cups of bread flour (which approximates the sifted flour they used)