Baked Pie Shell

Name: Baked Pie Shell
Yield: Makes one 9-inch pie shell
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounces), unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick), cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch slices; 1/4 cup (about 1 3/4 ounces) chilled, vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces; 2 tablespoons, vodka, cold; 2 tablespoons, cold water

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2011

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Dessert Pies

SERVESMakes one 9-inch pie shell

TIME1 hour, plus 2 hours chilling and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

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