Christine Dabney wrote on 30 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> Okay folks,
>
> I grew up making the old Crisco pie pastry recipe. My mother taught
> me. It used to be on the cans of Crisco.... It was the most
> wonderful flaky pie crust.
>
> I had this recipe in my files on my computer, and I lost it earlier
> this year when things crashed.
>
> It isn't the current recipe that Crisco publishes. It might be
> similar, but the old recipe had one mix water with part of the flour
> mixture to form a slurry and add it to the flour/Crisco mixture.
>
> I want that recipe, with the slurry method. Now I use half and half
> Crisco and butter, but I really like the slurry method that was used.
> I know the basic method, I just need the amounts of the ingredients
> and the basic proportions.
>
> Anyone got it this in their files?
>
> Christine

You posted a egullet link earlier this month, that looked like it made good
pie crust from a Modified 1963 Good Housekeeping Recipe...Won't that do?

Myself, I eat Pie so rarely that I use a recipe using lard...right off of
the box the lard comes in...uses vinegar.

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