My favourite Pie Crust recipe.

Making a bunch of pumpkin pies this weekend, so thought I would share my pie crust recipe with you. Will post pictures of the pies later when they are baked.

I do make a homemade pie filling, which you can find on any can of pumpkin!

Pie Crust -

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups shortening
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup ice water
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar 

In a large bowl, mix flour, shortening, sugar and salt. Cut with knife, or pastry cutter, till shortening is well mixed into flour.
Add ice water, vinegar and egg. Mix together till you have a working dough. Flour the table (really well this dough is sticky) and roll out. Should make enough dough for two pies, or a pie, and top. You also don't have to roll out the pie crust, you can just push it into the pie plate, but I find this is too thick, and too overwhelming.

Depending on the pie your cooking, I usually start the temperature at about 400°F for the first 15 mins, then turn it down to 350°F for 30-35 mins or longer until knife comes out clean.