Mom'S Pie Crust - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening
1 large egg
1/4 cup milk

Preparation

Mix flour and salt in medium size bowl.
Cut in shortening with pastry blender until uniform with pieces no larger than a pea.
Break egg into measuring cup and beat.
Add milk to egg to just over 1/2 cup (about 1/2 cup plus a table spoon total milk and egg) stir well.
Blend egg and milk mixture into flour mixture with a fork until liquid is no longer present.
Very lightly knead dough and form into a ball (Over working the dough is the most common reason for pie crust failure!).
Cut Dough in half.
Roll out and use with your favorite filling. Makes a top and bottom crust. divide recipe in half for a single crust pie.