Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup shortening *see note below
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions:

Mix ingredients and moisten with ice water. Use a tablespoon at a time until dough holds together. Don’t work the dough too much, or it will be tough.

Notes, hints, and substitutions:

• To double, use 14 tablespoons of water.
• Shortening probably refers to Crisco; however, note that Crisco is a partially hydrogenated, trans-fat. Recently, a lot of health news has been made about how bad partially hydrogenated fats are for you. Essentially, those fats are more likely than others to clog arteries. But whoever said pie was health food. The alternative is butter (not exactly diet food either).
  • Article: Is Trans Fat hiding in your food? (Kaiser Permanente);
  • Wikipedia: trans fats