Pie Crust With Butter And Shortening. In a large mixing bowl mix the flour corn starch salt and sugar with a whisk. With pastry blender cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse corn meal.
For this recipe I use a combination of cold butter and cold vegetable shortening. Shortening can take on a greasier feel and lacks the same flavor as butter. Grate the frozen butter and chilled shortening and add it to the dry mixture.
Nice edges fluting and shapes.
The richness of butter but the stability of the shortening. In a large mixing bowl mix the flour corn starch salt and sugar with a whisk. Scatter the butter pieces over the top and cut into the mixture until butter pieces are no bigger than small peas about ten 1-second pulses. Combination Butter and Shortening Flaky Pie Crust recipe makes a double crust or two single-pastry crusts The best of both worlds.