Pie crust

Pie crust and I have a love hate relationship. I love to eat it, hate to make it. In the past I have always ended up with chewy tough crust. Today I didn't! The difference was today I used my food processor to cut in the shortening and I rolled out the crust on a silpat to make it easier to lift.
I used two recipes not just one, though I guess since I altered them both I could call it my own, though not really. Recipe source #1 Recipe source #2

Double pie Crust


2 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup Organic palm shortening- frozen chopped in cubes
6 tablespoons really cold water

(I did not write these instructions they are for the most part straight copy paste from Recipe 1)

Measure the flour into the processor with the regular blade attached. Add shortening, cut into cubes. (Your fat should be frozen or very cold. You may vary the proportions, or use some lard, but the total should be 9 tablespoons.) Add salt. Pulse three times with three counts per pulse to lightly mix the ingredients.
With the motor running, pour ice water into the workbowl just until the dough just starts to get noticeably crumbly. Don't wait until it is a big clump or it will be way too wet and will turn out tough.
Stop the machine, dump the crumbly dough into a bowl, and gather the dough into 2 balls with your hand. you can squeeze it a bit to make it stick together. If it just won't form a ball, add a tiny bit more water. (Note that if you are making crust in the food processor, you will use less water than most recipes call for.)
Wrap your dough ball in wax paper or plastic wrap and chill it about 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

 Roll it out on a cool surface if you can. Then follow your pie recipe for baking.