Ingredients

Makes enough for 8 hand pies

　　2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

　　1 teaspoon sugar

　　1 teaspoon salt

　　12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

　　1/4 cup cold vegetable shortening

　　1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

　　1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

　　

Step 1

Pulse the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and shortening; pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal, 8 to 10 times.

　　

Step 2

With the processor running, pour in the vinegar, then 1/4 cup ice water; process just until the dough comes together. (If the dough is still crumbly, add up to 1/4 more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time.)

　　

Step 3

Pat the dough into a disk, and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate the dough until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day. The dough can also be frozen up to 1 month; thaw completely in the refrigerator.

　　Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group.Buy the full book from Amazon.