Pie Crust - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
8 Tbsp. chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
4 Tbsp. chilled all-vegetable shortening
3 to 4 Tbsp. ice water

Preparation

Mix flour, salt and sugar in food processor fitted with steel blade.
Scatter butter pieces over flour mixture, tossing to coat butter with a little flour.
Cut butter into flour with five 1-second pulses.
Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas, about four more 1-second pulses.
Turn mixture into medium bowl.