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Betty Crocker 8 Recipe


By: Gregory Bowne
   
Recipe Categories: Pies and Pastries
Yield: 1
This is a 1968 version of the popular Betty Crocker 8" standard pie crust, also published in their Pie & Pastry cookbook, published in 1968.
 
Ingredients
  1   1 Cup of All purpose flour  
  1   1/2 Teaspoon Salt  
  1   1/2 Cup + 1 Tablespoon Shortening (eg; Crisco)  
  1   or Substitute 1/2 Cup Lard  
  1   2 to 3 Tablespoon Cold Water  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Without Mixer method - Measure flour and salt into mixing bowl. With pastry blender, using and up and down motion, thoroughly cut in shortening until particles are size of tiny peas.

 
  2. Sprinkle in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork after each addition. Mix lightly untill all flour is moistened and dough almost cleans side of bowl (1 - 2 teaspoons water can be added if needed)

 
  3. Gather dough together with hands, press firmly into a ball - handle like a snowball

 
  4. With electric hand mixer - Measure flour, salt and shortening into large mixing bowl. Mix at low speed, scraping bowl constantly with rubber spatula/scraper. Add water and continue mixing, sraping bowl constantly, until flour is moistened and dough begins to gather into beaters, about 10 seconds for regular flour, 1 minute for Wondra.

 
  5. Gather dough together and press firmly into a ball.

 
  6. Roll out flat to 2" larger than intended pie pan/tin, and dough should be 1/8" thick, and trim egde if uneven. Gather edges as desired and bake in preheated oven @ 475 deg. for 8-10 minutes, and cool before filling.

 
   


 



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