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Ingredients

2 ½ cups flour 2 tablespoons white sugar 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup cold shortening, cut into chunks ¾ cup cold butter, cut into small pieces 6 tablespoons ice water, or as needed

Nutrition Info

420.1 calories carbohydrate: 32.9 g cholesterol: 45.8 mg fat: 30.5 g fiber: 1.1 g protein: 4.2 g saturatedFat: 14.2 g servingSize: - sodium: 414.4 mg sugar: 3.2 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Pour flour, sugar, and salt together in a food processor and pulse to combine.
Sprinkle shortening chunks over the flour mixture. Pulse in the food processor until mixture has a sandy texture, 3 to 5 one-second pulses.
Scatter butter pieces over the top of the flour mixture. Pulse in the food processor until butter is the size of small peas, 10 to 15 one-second pulses.
Sprinkle water over the top of the butter-flour mixture. Pulse until mixture just starts to come together, adding water 1 tablespoon at a time if necessary. Turn dough out into a bowl. Gently squeeze dough together with your hands to form a ball, the dough should hold together but also still be slightly crumbly. Divide dough into two balls and wrap with plastic wrap. Use a rolling pin to flatten the ball into a disc. Refrigerate until well chilled, at least 2 hours.

1 double pie crust

Butter and shortening give this pie crust a fantastic texture;using a food processor makes preparation easy as pie!