Reduced-Fat Pie Pastry

Low-fat pie crust recipe.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cold margarine, cut into pieces
5 to 5 1/2 tablespoons ice water

Cooking Directions:

1. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl; cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring lightly with fork after each addition until dough is formed. Wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.

Makes pastry for 1 (9-inch) pie crust. (Double recipe for double crust or lattice pies.)

Nutritional Information Per Serving (based on 1/8 of pie crust): 123 cal., 2 g pro., 15 g carbo., 6 g fat, 0 mg chol., 134 mg sodium.

Food Exchanges: 1 bread, 1 fat.