The Best Pastry Recipe Ever!

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb lard (tender flake lard)
• 5 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg (if you get a double yolk only one yolk)
• 1 tablespoon vinegar ()
• 1/2 cup cold water (aside)

Recipe

• 1 keep 1 cup of the flour out to use this flour to roll out dough with.
• 2 combine lard,flour,baking powder,salt.
• 3 in a cup with fork slightly beat egg, vinegar and cold water to make up 1 cup of ingredients
• 4 add egg, water and vinegar to flour mixture form a ball.
• 5 do not overwork dough.
• 6 please, refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour or 24 hrs {this freezes very well} before using for the best result.
• 7 bake at 400 degrees in a preheated oven for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 350 until pastry is golden brown!