The Best Pie Dough - Double-Crust 8- or 9-inch Pie

Name: The Best Pie Dough - Double-Crust 8- or 9-inch Pie
Yield: For a double-crust 8- or 9-inch pie
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 11 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 7 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, chilled; 4 - 5 tablespoons, ice water

Desserts or Baked Goods
Dessert Pies
Holiday
Thanksgiving

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 a double-crust 8- or 9-inch pie

TIME 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes chilling

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