Basic Butter Crust

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 cup very cold butter
• 3 teaspoons butter flavor crisco
• 4 -5 teaspoons ice water
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl and mix well-i like to use a whisk with all dry ingredients, and if using the cocoa add it with the other dry ingredients.
• 2 cut in the butter and shortening.
• 3 cut in the fat, using two forks, or two knives or a pastry knife but not your hands, until mixture looks like coarse cornmeal.
• 4 add 2 t.
• 5 of the ice water and mix quickly with a fork.
• 6 of the dough is still crumbly sprinkle on a bit more ice water, still working with the fork, until the dough just holds together.
• 7 gather the dough into a ball.
• 8 wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
• 9 roll out and use as you will.