{"id":2238,"slug":"never-fail-pie-crust","title":"Never Fail Pie Crust","description":"This quick pastry is a no-fail recipe made easily with ingredients usually found in most kitchens. Be sure to use cold water and keep well-wrapped until ready to use.","ingredients_raw":["3 cups (700 g) flour","1¼ cup (300 g) shortening","1 teaspoon salt","1 egg, beaten","⅓ cup (80 ml) cold water","1 tablespoon white vinegar"],"ingredients_norm":["flour","shortening","salt","egg","cold water","white vinegar"],"steps":["Combine flour, shortening and salt. Cut in shortening with fork (or pastry blender) until it resembles corn meal.","Combine water and vinegar with beaten egg. Add to flour mixture a little at a time until a soft dough forms.","Divide dough into three discs, and use or freeze individually.","When using, roll out onto a floured surface to desired measurements."],"categories":["Pastry recipes","Recipes for dough","Recipes using egg","Shortening recipes","Recipes using salt","Recipes using vinegar","Recipes using wheat flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":null,"yield_text":"3 pie crusts","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Never_Fail_Pie_Crust","source_ref":"4516042","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Never_Fail_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":"2548416bf3c0db8ae7c9015f74636b937c4cec9e50049a8ed7b9aae16163f194","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:10Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:10Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/never-fail-pie-crust"}