Pie dough from my grandmother
Pie dough from my grandmother

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pie dough from my grandmother. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

In large bowl mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening with two butter knifes. Grandma's pie crust recipe is light, flaky, tender, and absolutely delicious using her secret tip that has never failed me! They either are afraid to make them, they never turn out, or they taste terrible.

Pie dough from my grandmother is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Pie dough from my grandmother is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pie dough from my grandmother using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pie dough from my grandmother:
  1. Get 1 kg flour
  2. Make ready 1 and 1/2  tbsp vinegar
  3. Get 2 cups olive oil (one cup greek coffee size for the kneading, the rest for the layers)
  4. Take 1 and 1/2 cup lukewarm water
  5. Prepare 3 tbsp butter
  6. Take 1 bit of salt
  7. Get niseste (corn starch) for the rolling out

Rub them together and put back into bowl and mix again. My Grandmother's Flakey Pie Crust Recipe This is a large recipe. Before rolling out the dough, spread the flour on the counter. On a floured board, roll one piece out.

Instructions to make Pie dough from my grandmother:
  1. We knead the flour (not all of it, we have to leave enough for the rolling out) with the vinegar, one small cup oil and the lukewarm water till we get a soft pliable dough.
  2. We melt the butter and mix it with the oil in a small pot.
  3. We form a long roll with the dough and using a knife we cut it into 16 pieces (as equal as possible).
  4. We take each of the 16 pieces and we roll it out big enough to cover a food plate. To make the process easier we sprinkle our working surface with a bit of  flour and niseste.
  5. The first phyllo we roll out, we put on a plate covered with plastic wrap and brush its top with the mixture of oil - butter.
  6. On top of that we put the second phyllo which we also brush with the oil - butter and keep on with the third, fourth, all brushed. This way we make a four-layered arrangement. We cover it with plastic wrap and put in in the fridge.
  7. We make 4 similar plates. Each plate has four phylla and we leave it in the fridge for about an hour.
  8. Each plate provides us with one phyllo for our pie.
  9. We take the first plate from the fridge and roll the phyllo out till very thin. We place it in an oiled baking pan and  brush it with oil.
  10. We repeat the process with the second one, place on the first phyllo and add the filling on top.
  11. The third one will be rolled out, placed on the top of the filling, oiled and the last one will be oiled more thoroughly than the previous ones and placed on the top as the last phyllo.
  12. We score the top and bake for 1 hour at 200 degrees.

Before rolling out the dough, spread the flour on the counter. On a floured board, roll one piece out. In the pie plate, lay the crust and press down gently on the bottom and sides of the plate. Grandma's Pie Crust The absolute BEST pie crust for any filling whether sweet or savory! With a pastry blender you cut in the shortening until it is pea sized.

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