Pie Crusts

We cooked yesterday for Thanksgiving. We made our own pie crusts for our two lemon and two apple pies. Also made 80 buns. Had a few with hamburgers on them for supper last night. Yum.

This recipe is from our friend Leona N. who is an "old farm wife" and knows her baking. This recipe is nice because it will make 5-6 crusts at one time. Put a few into the freezer for later if you do not need all of them right away.

Farm Wife Pie Crust

5 c. flour
2 c. lard
Mix until crumbly like corn meal. (I use a dough blender hand tool.) Then add:
1 egg-beaten with a fork in a cup (She used a tea cup. I figure it is about 3/4 c. measure.)
add to cup:
1 tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar

Fill rest of cup with cold water. Add to flour mixture and mix until it forms a ball. Divide dough into 5 or 6 even balls of dough and roll out into crusts as needed. Freeze unused crusts.