Instructions: Blend flour & shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add a little water & mix until dough just starts to come together. Gather into ball & divide in half. Shape each half into a ball, flour lightly & wrap in plastic. If you are making one single-crust pie, freeze one ball of pastry for another time. Chill the pastry you are using for 2 hours.

Roll out pastry & ease into a 9" pie pan. If you are making a double-crust pie, roll out top crust.

TO BAKE BEFORE FILLING: Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Prick the bottom of dough evenly all over with the tines of a fork. Cover the dough w/buttered foil, placing buttered side against the bottom crust. Fill with rice or beans. These may be saved & used again for baking unfilled pie shells. Bake for 15 minutes, or until set. Remove foil, brush with egg & bake 5 minutes longer, or until golden. Let cool before filling.

Description: "Jaymi Sandler
* Anchorage Alaska
* Anchorage Fur Rendevous"

NOTES : For a double crust 9" pie or two single crust pies.

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