The Best Pie Dough - 8- or 9-inch Single Pie Shell

Name: The Best Pie Dough - 8- or 9-inch Single Pie Shell
Yield: For an 8- or 9-inch single pie shell
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 4 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, chilled; 3–4 tablespoons, ice water

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Dessert Pies

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 1994

To meet the home cook's most difficult challenge, we tested 35 variations of all-purpose pie pastry and came up with a no-fail master recipe.

SERVES For an 8- or 9-inch single pie shell

TIME 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes chilling

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