{"id":3866,"slug":"plain-paste","title":"PLAIN PASTE","description":"From Fifty-two Sunday dinners: A book of recipes (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller.","ingredients_raw":["1-1/2 cups flour.","1/2 teaspoon salt.","1/2 teaspoon baking powder.","1/4 cup Cottolene.","Ice Water."],"ingredients_norm":["flour","salt","baking powder","shortening","ice water"],"steps":["Mix and sift flour, salt and baking powder.","Rub in Cottolene (reserving one and one-half tablespoons), with tips of fingers.","Add just enough ice water to form a soft dough, mixing it in with a knife.","Turn on a floured board and roll out in a thin sheet, spread lightly with remaining Cottolene.","Roll like jelly roll and cut in two pieces, having one piece a trifle larger than the other.","Chill.","Then stand rolls on end, press down with the hand and roll in circular piece to fit pie pan.","The larger piece is for the top crust."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":"This recipe makes the exact quantity of pastry for one medium-sized pie with two crusts.","difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31534","source_ref":"pg:31534:118","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":1.0,"content_hash":"445d64aadba8e1f7c3c204839c99152bd5827d9920700e7d661eca810cb55096","created_at":"2026-08-02T15:45:52Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:16:48Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1913), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/plain-paste"}