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Great Grandmother's Lard Pie Crust
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Ingredients
2
cups
of lard - cold
4
cups
flour
2
teaspoons
salt
1
egg
milk - little less than 1 cup
extra flour
Instructions
In a large bowl, with a
pastry cutter,
combine 2 cups lard, 4 cups flour and 2 teaspoons salt until a course, small crumbly mixture
Crack egg into a 1 cup measuring cup and beat, now add milk to egg to measure 1 cup
Add milk and egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix throughly without overworking
Flour a flat surface and turn dough out and work in extra flour just until dough is not sticky and can be rolled out with a rolling pin
This recipe will make roughly 3 9 inch pie crusts