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Pie Crust

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup ice water enough to lightly toss

Instructions
 

  • Mix flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl
  • Cut in butter with a pastry cutter
  • Make a well in the middle of dough, and add beaten egg
  • Add ice water starting with 1/4 cup and bring together with fork until dough sticks together. Be careful to not add too much water. Dough should be sticky but not too wet.
  • Bring dough together and cut in half
  • Using a lightly floured board, sprinkle a little four on top of half of the dough and roll with rolling pin outward then turning the dough with your hands as you go.
  • When large enough for a pie pan, roll it up on the rolling pin and carefully unroll over the pie pan.
  • Trim edges with a knife leaving enough to fold over and crimp.
  • Crust is ready for filling