Light Pie Crust

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine, chilled and cut up
• 2 tablespoons water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400ºf.
• 2 combine flour and sugar in a large bowl or food processor. add margarine and process, or mix together with your fingers, until mixture resembles coarse meal. add cold water, one tablespoon at a time, and process, or mix, until a manageable dough forms; turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 12-inch circle.
• 3 press dough into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan or removable-bottom tart pan; prick the bottom all over with a fork, cover dough with foil and fill with dried beans or rice.
• 4 bake 10 minutes. remove beans and foil and bake until crust is golden brown, about 20 minutes more. remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack. yields 8 slices per crust.