Short-Cut Sour Cream Crust Pastries & Pies

3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup butter or marg.
1 cup sour cream
NOTE:
Mary Lou's Pastry
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups butter
1 cup sour cream
PREBAKED SHELL
Prepare single shell as described and cool in freezer.Heat oven to 425F. Line crust with foil, fill foil with dried beans or rice. Bake 6 min..Remove foil & beans and bake 8-10min. longer until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack before filling.

Cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs OR put flour and cold butter, which has been cut into 1/2" cubes, in a food processor and mix using pulse until mixture resembles corn meal. Put butter-flour mixture in a large bowl. Stir in the sour cream until dough just holds together.Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and with lightly floured hands, knead gently 2 or 3 times. Flatten into disc shape.

To make a single crust; on a lightly floured surface, roll out 1/2 the dough to 11" to 12"circle. Fit into 9"pie plate; trim, leaving 1"overhang.Dampen underside of overhang with water, turn under; flute edges or make decorative edging. Place in freezer 10 min..NOTE : Unused dough can be frozen,wrapped tightly, in foil or wrap for 2 months.

To make a double crust;Roll out dough as for single crust; fit into pie plate, trim. Roll out rest of dough to a 12" circle.

Fit over top of filled pie,trim, leaving 1" overhang. Dampen edge of pastry with water; press together or turn under, flute or decorate edge. With tip of sharp knife, cut vents in center of top crust.


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