All-Purpose Light Piecrust Recipe

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All-Purpose Light Piecrust
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Ingredients
7
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Nutrition
1177
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  2. Make a well in center of flour mixture. Combine butter and boiling water. Pour butter mixture into center of well. Gently draw flour mixture into butter mixture until moist clumps form. Press dough into a 4-inch circle. Cover, and chill 30 minutes.
  3. Slightly overlap 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Unwrap dough; place on plastic. Cover dough with 2 additional sheets of overlapping plastic wrap. Roll dough into a 13-inch circle.
  4. Chive Piecrust variation:
  5. Prepare All-Purpose Light Piecrust, omitting sugar. Add 2 tablespoons minced fresh chives to flour mixture.
  6. Piecrust (8 servings)
  7. Nutritional analysis of Chive Piecrust is per serving: CALORIES 125; FAT 7g (sat 2.8g, mono 3.1g, poly 0.7g); PROTEIN 1.9g; CARB 13.6g; FIBER 1g; CHOL 5mg; IRON 0.9mg; SODIUM 147mg; CALC 15mg
  8. Note: Nutritional analysis of All-Purpose Light Piecrust is for entire piecrust.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1176.6 Kcal (4926 kJ)
Calories from fat 613.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 68.14g 105%
Cholesterol 69.38mg 23%
Sodium 588.94mg 25%
Potassium 298.15mg 6%
Total Carbs 121.84g 41%
Sugars 2.45g 10%
Dietary Fiber 4.71g 19%
Protein 15.81g 32%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1.7mg 9%
Calcium 88.4mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 404.44 Kcal (1693 kJ)
Calories from fat 210.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.42g 105%
Cholesterol 23.85mg 23%
Sodium 202.44mg 25%
Potassium 102.48mg 6%
Total Carbs 41.88g 41%
Sugars 0.84g 10%
Dietary Fiber 1.62g 19%
Protein 5.44g 32%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 0.6mg 9%
Calcium 30.4mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28.4
    Points
  • 32
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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