Never Fail Pastry Crust

•    2 1/4 cups flour

•    ¼ t. baking powder

•    1/8 t. salt

•    1 1/8 cups Crisco or softened butter

•    1 egg

•    1 ½ T. cream

Sift flour, baking powder and salt.  Cut in shortening.  Beat egg and cream together.  Add to flour mixture.  Mix tightly until dough forms a ball. Press dough into pie dish.  Prick sides and bottom of dough with a fork.

Bake (preheated) at 400-degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.  Cool before filling. 

Contributed by Diana & Dick Gough