Plain Pastry Pie Dough - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
4 to 5 Tbsp. cold water

Preparation

Sift the flour and salt together.
Cut in shortening with pastry blender.
Sprinkle water a tablespoon at a time and mix with a fork.
Form into a ball, put on lightly floured board and roll very thin.
Roll onto rolling pin and unroll over pie pan. Even edges and flute.
(Save some of the dough for lattice on fruit pies.)