[TruthWillWin]

From the first time I saw a bakery guy buying lard in those bigaxx 5 gallon bricks That’s the only way I can visualize it now.

Crisco makes great pie crusts, made hundreds when I was a cook in the Army.

It's been years since I've made any but seems the ingredients for 17 double pie crusts (enough for 100 peaple) was about 8 qts crisco, 16 qts hard flower, 3 tbls salt, and about 1/2 cup cold water.

[TruthWillWin]

hard flour

[OldWarBaby]

Now I’m suspicious that Costco hires Ex Army bakers for their pie department. That’s about the size of their batches?

[MomwithHope]

I can only eat pie crust with Crisco. Lard gives me incredible heartburn. Inside the Crisco lid is a two crust recipe, makes a great crust.

[numberonepal]

Crisco makes great pie crusts

It is the perfect consistency for pie dough at room temp. A mixture of butter and lard will produce the same consistency. Same is true for biscuits, but make sure the butter and lard are cold.

[numberonepal]

It’s interesting that hard flour was used. Usually you want a medium gluten flour (like all-purpose) for a flaky crust. Hard flour means high gluten for those in Rio Linda.