I actually do make my own pastry I have found if I use a food mixer it is quite easy, a trick my mum taught me. I use double in weight flour to fat and then just enough water to bind together. The fat I use is half hard margarine and half white vegetable fat our makes are cooken and trex I believe you call it shortening and your major make is Crisco.
The rest of the recipe is really really easy. My earlier photo was as taken just as I got the tray out of the oven here is plate with cut slices on it.
Wow! That looks simply yummy ........... ;)
Seriously.
This is something I would love.
And that dough you make....it’s a talent. One can always tell a home-made pastry from a store-bought.
My mother-in-law gave me her recipe for pastry and she makes great pies.
Me?
Not so much.