Leona Brotherton’s Never Fail Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1 1/3 cups lard
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Approximately 1 cup cold water

Steps

1. Using pastry blender, mix flour, salt and baking powder with lard until mixture resembles cornmeal.
2. Add water and stir until moistened and mixture can be rolled into a ball.
3. Chill, if desired, but dough can be used immediately.

Notes

Freezes well.

From a printed recipe (Quincy Herald-Whig, Sunday, May 12, 1985, Page 8) kept in Rosie Lee’s recipe box.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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