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Title: Whole Wheat Pastry
Categories: Pies
Yield: 1 Servings

3/4 c Whole wheat flour
1/3 c Flour
1/4 ts Salt
1/3 c Shortening; plus 2
-tablespoons
3 tb Cold water; up to 4

Combine flours and salt; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mix
resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle cold water (1 tablespoon at a time) evenly
over surface; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Shape
into a ball; chill.

To fit into pie plate, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on a lightly
floured surface. Place in a 9 inch pie plate; trim off excess pastry along
edges. Fold under and flute.

For baked pastry shell, prick bottom and sides of pastry generously with a
fork; bake at 400°F for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes one 9 inch pastry crust

Busted by Gail Shermeyer 4paws@netrax.net

Recipe by: The Southern Living Cookbook, 1987, 8487-0709-5

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net> on May 02,
1998