This was my grandmother’s (Loretta McKinney’s) recipe, and while I don’t have any memories of her baking it, I like it. Maybe because rolling out pie dough makes me nervous. This is pretty easy to whip up and manipulate into a pie pan like play-doh.

My one note of warning is to double-check whether your pie filling recipe calls for an unbaked pie crust. If so, just ignore the instruction to bake it in this recipe!

1 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
7 tbsp. oil (1/2 c. minus 1 tbsp.)
2 tbsp. milk

Mix the ingredients well with a fork and press into a 9″ pie pan. Prick the dough with a fork. Bake at 400F for 20-25 minutes (unless you need a raw pie crust!).