Cut together the flour, salt and crisco until it looks like corn meal.
3 Cup Flour, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 1/4 Cup Shortening
Then, in a 1 cup measuring cup, combine 1 egg (slightly beaten), and vinegar.
1 Egg, 1 Tablespoon Vinegar
Add a couple of ice cubes up to 3 or 4 to another cup, add 1/2 cup full of water, and let the water get really cold, remove the ice cubes and add 1/2 cup water to the egg and vinegar.
Ice Cubes, Cold Water
Combine the wet and dry ingredients & stir with a fork until combined.
Then use your hands to divide into two dough balls and wrap one in saran wrap and a plastic freezer bag to freeze for future use.
Roll the other ball out. Once it is rolled out to the right size, I like to fold it in half and then in half the other way. Then you can pick it up & put it in the pie dish, and unfold it.
Trim the edges to a uniform length, slightly larger than the pie dish.
Pinch the dough between your fingers to form a zig-zag.
Use a fork to poke holes throughout the bottom and sides of the crust.
Bake according the directions for your particular pie. *See notes below for instructions on blind baking a pie crust.
Notes
*How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust - head to our Lemon Meringue Pie post for all the details on blind baking a crust.