Basic Southern Pie Pastry Recipe

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   ["Combine flour, salt, butter and shortening in a large bowl.", "With your fingertips, work fat into flour till mix resembles coarse meal.", "Add in 4 Tablespoons ice water and toss together with your fingers just to moisten flour and form a cohesive dough.", "Don't knead; handle dough as little as possible.", "If dough is too dry and crumbly, add in more ice water, a tsp.", "at a time.", "The higher the humidity, the less water you will need.", "Divide dough in half and flatten each half into a disc.", "Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill 1 hour before rolling.", "Don't skip this step.", "* The texture of authentic Southern pastries comes from using Southern soft wheat flour.", "If you use a ""harder"" type, you can't expect the same results.", "Use low protein for best results.", "A typical Southern soft wheat flour contains 8 to 9 grams of protein per c..", "Check the protein content of your flour.", "Anything over 10 is to ""hard""

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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