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Pastry Mix

Ingredients:-
2 cups all-vegetable shortening.
6 cups sifted flour.
1-1/2 teaspoons salt

Method:-
Cut shortening in to flour and salt until mixture is coarse as corn meal with pea-sized lumps of shortening. Store in a closed can at room temperature. As needed, use for 1 or 2 crust pies, by adding cold water.


Here is another version that you can make up and store in the fridge to use whenever you need it. It could probably be cut in half to make fewer pies.:-

Ingredients:-
8 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 cups shortening

Method:-
Mix flour and salt; blend in shortening with pastry blender or use 2 knives. Blend till mixture is consistency of coarse meal.
To make 1 8-inch pie crust, use 1 to 1 1/2 cups of mixture and about 2 tablespoonfuls of ice water.
This recipe makes about 10 pie crusts.