Crisco Shortening Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 1 cup Crisco
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• cold water

Method

1. 1 Chill the Crisco in the refrigerator.
2. 2 Sift flour and salt into a bowl; add lemon juice.
3. 3 Rub ¼ of the chilled Crisco into the flour until no lumps remain.
4. 4 Beat the egg yolk with a little cold water and mix into the flour to form a stiff dough.
5. 5 Knead the dough on a floured board until smooth, then roll into an oblong shape.
6. 6 Place the remaining Crisco in the center of the dough and fold the dough over it.
7. 7 Roll into a long strip and fold into thirds (one turn); refrigerate for 15 minutes.
8. 8 Repeat rolling and folding, refrigerating between turns, for a total of seven turns.
9. 9 After the final turn, rest the pastry before rolling to your desired thickness.