Easy Dessert

Vinegar and Egg Crust

Name: Vinegar and Egg Crust
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour; 1.25 cups shortening; 0.5 teaspoons salt; 1 egg; 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar; 5 tablespoons ice water

Total Time

29 min

12m prep · 17m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Easy

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This crust was used by Elsie Hack to win the 1978 Ohio State Fair pie baking contest. (It was wrapped around an apple pie.) Because the crust is very flaky when baked, it is a bit difficult to roll and handle, but well worth the effort.

Ingredients

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1.25 cups shortening
0.5 teaspoons salt
1 egg
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
5 tablespoons ice water

Instructions

1

In a large bowl, mix flour and salt. With a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until pea-sized.
2

Beat together egg, vinegar and water. Mix liquid with flour mixture, using a fork, until mixture forms a ball (Note: add liquid one tablespoon at a time. You probably will not use all of it.)
3

Roll out on lightly floured pastry cloth with cloth covered roller.
4

Brush the crust with milk and sprinkle with sugar before baking.