Let's Cook Meat: Recipes You'll Like

by National Live Stock and Meat Board

Single Pie Crust

(8 or 9-inch Single Pie Crust)

1 cup sifted enriched flour

¾ teaspoon salt

4 to 6 tablespoons lard

2 to 4 tablespoons cold water

Add salt to flour. Cut lard into flour until crumbs are about size of small peas. Add cold water, a little at a time, mixing quickly and evenly through flour with a fork until dough just holds in a ball. Use as little water as possible. Roll to about ⅛ inch in thickness. Line pie pan. Bake according to directions in recipe. For baked crust prick bottom of shell with a fork before baking. Bake in hot oven (450° F.) 8 to 10 minutes.