Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   2      cups          sifted flour
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
   1      cup           shortening
   6      tablespoons   ice water

Preparation:

Mix flour and salt, cut shortening into flour; add water a tablespoon at a time, using only enough to make a workable paste; too little will leave it crumbly. This pastry, being exceedingly rich, must be handled deftly. Roll out pastry and line piepan. Mkaes 2 9-inch pastry shells or pastry for 1 two-crust 9-inch pie. Thorpugh chilling before rolling makes pastry easir to handle.