When I got married my mom handed me a stack of recipe cards that she had painstakingly copied from her stash. They were all my favorites and some that were just basics. On the card titled "pie crust", she had written "Buy Them!". I've found her advice to be sound.There is, however, one pie crust recipe that I don't mind throwing together--no ice water, no vinegar, no measuring. My mom and I were perusing the "Good Neighbors" section of my small town Indiana paper. In this section people swap questions and answers. Someone had asked for a good and easy pie crust recipe. There were a couple of answers. This was the one that caught my mom's eye:
5 lb. flour, 3 lb. Crisco, 2 (12 oz.) cans 7-up. Mix together. You need a very large pan. Makes about 22 single crusts. Bag dough in ball the size you need for your crust. Freeze. When you need to bake a pie, pull out however many bags you need. Thaw at room temperature. Roll out and you're on your way.
--A Syracuse neighbor
I used to bake pies in mass in the fall. This recipe came in handy. Today I'm having friends over for dinner and opted for a wonderful chicken pot pie--yep, for company--they're close friends. I'm making two pot pies--one in an 8x10 and one in a deep dish pie plate. The 8x10 (with top crust) requires four normal pie crusts and the other requires two, so I made half the recipe and froze the extra.Try it! It makes great crusts and is so easy.
4 comments:
I'm going to try this.
it was so yummy:) i'm glad we were the friends who got to eat it!!! but now the beans are spilled on that great pie crust i so envy- hehehe- so now my crust will taste good too- viva la chicken pot pie!! and pecan pie and apple pie and sweet potato pie and chocolate pie, hmmmmmm, how many pie crusts does that recipe make?
Thank you for sharing your recipe!! I've been searching for an easy pie crust to make quiche! This is fantastic.
D looks SO cute sitting there!!!
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