{"id":1395,"slug":"grandma-s-pie-crust","title":"Grandma's Pie Crust","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 cup (150 g) all-purpose flour","½ tsp (2.5 g) salt","10 tbsp (128 g) solid vegetable shortening","1 egg","½ tsp (2.5 ml) distilled white vinegar","2 tbsp (30 ml) cold water"],"ingredients_norm":["all purpose flour","salt","solid vegetable shortening","egg","distilled white vinegar","cold water"],"steps":["Mix flour and salt. Cut shortening into the flour/salt mixture with a pastry cutter, until mixture resembles the texture of tiny peas.","In separate bowl, whisk the egg, vinegar and water until well mixed.","Drizzle water/egg mixture into flour mixture. Stir with fork until a dough is formed.","Gather dough into a ball, flatten into a 10 cm (4-inch) wide disk. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate 30 minutes.","Roll dough into 20 cm (9-inch) circle and fit into a 20 cm (9-inch) pie pan.","Line the unbaked pie shell with foil or parchment paper, and fill with dried beans or rice.","Bake at 220°C (425°F) until light golden brown (about 15–18 minutes).","Cool before filling."],"categories":["Pastry recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes for dessert","Vegetarian recipes","Recipes for dough","Recipes using egg","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Grandma's_Pie_Crust","source_ref":"4517000","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Grandma's_Pie_Crust&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"5b271d9cf7dc33a9a0a6e9c7a07aa9610ce26b46b5e52c38a8da4da99cc1ac10","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:03Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/grandma-s-pie-crust"}