The Best Pie Crust Recipe - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ice water

Preparation

combine flour and salt in medium sized bowl.
cut in butter and shortening with pastry blender or fork.
add water a little bit at a time, using a fork or hands to blend.
stop adding water when dough is able to stay in a ball.
lightly flour a flat surface and rolling pin.
press ball of dough into a flat disk, place onto floured surface.
roll dough beginning in middle and pushing outward.
roll dough onto rolling pin, then unroll over pie pan.
FOR UNFILLED PIE ('blind' baking): preheat oven to 400 degrees, bake for 8-10 minutes.