• 1 heaping cup flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup lard
• ¼ cup butter
• Ice water

Have all the material ice cold. Chop the shortening in the flour till the size of peas and beans. Toss lightly with a knife, adding enough ice water to about half wet the flour. Turn out on a smooth, cold board. Gather with the knife into a square pile. Then pound lightly with rolling pin till well flattened Roll in an oblong piece ½ in. thick; fold in thirds and roll again; repeat, and after the third rolling it will usually be sufficiently compact to roll thin enough to line a plate. This paste improves by standing half an hour or more on the ice. Sufficient for 1 pie.