Basic Pie Crust - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3/4 c. shortening
    2 c. flour
    1 tsp. salt
    2 tsp. vinegar
    1/2 c. ice water
Preparation
    With pastry blender, cut vegetable shortening into flour and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal.
    Then add vinegar and mix gently.
    Then sprinkle in ice water, a teaspoon at a time, stirring with fork after each addition, until the dough holds together in a moist mass with no dry crumbs.
    Chill for a few hours before rolling into crust.

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