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How to - Homemade Pie Dough

Ingredients
Plain flour 500g
Margarine 200g (Commonly Stork) or any butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
About a cup of water
One whisked egg
Preparing the Dough:
Add flour, 1 tsp of baking powder and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Mix well, then add the margarine and mix again till the mixture looks like bread crumbs. Then begin adding water little by little gently mixing the dough.
Knead the dough well for about 10 minutes or more until your dough is smooth and elastic. Then let it rest for 7 minutes.
Sprinkle floor on a baking surface or floured table and place the dough on it. Then, roll out the dough using a rolling pin, making sure that the dough is firm but neither too flat nor too thick (same consistency as in the picture above.
Your dough is ready to be cut.
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