Let's Cook Meat: Recipes You'll Like

by National Live Stock and Meat Board

Homemade Pastry Mix

7 cups sifted enriched flour

4 teaspoons salt

1¾ cups lard for soft wheat flour or 2 cups for hard wheat flour

Add salt to flour. Cut lard into flour and salt with a fork or pastry blender until the crumbs are about the size of small peas. Cover, store in refrigerator until ready to use. Mixture will keep at least a month in refrigerator. Yield: 8 single pie crusts. For single pie crust, add 2 to 4 tablespoons cold water to 1½ cups Homemade Pastry Mix, and for double pie crust 4 to 6 tablespoons cold water to 2 cups Homemade Pastry Mix.

Southern Marble Cake

2 cups sifted enriched flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup lard