Cornstarch Pastry Recipe

Ingredients for Cornstarch Pastry

• 1¼ cups cornstarch
• 1¼ cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ½ cup vegetable shortening
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 yolk of egg
• Milk to mix

Instructions

1. Rub vegetable shortening lightly into cornstarch and flour, add salt, sugar, baking powder, beaten-yolk of egg, and sufficient milk to mix to stiff paste.
2. Roll out lightly and use for tartlets or one crust pie.
3. Sufficient for two large pies.