LIGHTER PIECRUST

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Make this for our Lighter Lemon Meringue Pie.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Pie & Tarts Recipes

Yield Makes enough for one 9-inch single-crust pie

Number Of Ingredients 9

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cake flour, (not self-rising)
2 tablespoon toasted wheat germ
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
2 tablespoon cold vegetable shortening
1/4 to 1/3 cup nonfat buttermilk

Steps:

  • Whisk together flours, wheat germ, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl. Blend in butter and shortening with a pastry cutter or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Stir in 1/4 cup buttermilk with a fork until dough begins to form. Add additional buttermilk until dough holds together when pinched between fingers. Shape dough into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

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