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 * MATERIALS
 * 2 cups flour
 * 1 cup shortening—butter and lard
 * Ice-water


 * UTENSILS
 * Mixing-bowl
 * Palette-knife
 * Bread-board
 * Rolling-pin
 * Fork
 * Pie-pan


 * 1) Sift the flour into a mixing-bowl.
 * 2) Cut the shortening into tiny bits.
 * 3) Wash the hands in cold water, and dry them. With the finger-tips work the shortening into the flour as quickly as possible.
 * 4) When thoroughly mixed, add a little ice-water, mixing it into the flour and shortening with a palette-knife. Use barely enough water to moisten the mixture, keeping the dough as stiff as possible.

 Sprinkle the bread-board with flour, place the dough on the board, and cut it into two equal parts. Set one part aside, and after sprinkling flour over the rolling-pin, roll out the remaining part into a sheet a little less than a quarter of an inch thick.  