After many, many years of making pie dough and having
excellent results I messed up today. I had been making it
long enough that I had the recipe memorized, even able to
cut I cup of Crisco without having to check the guide on the
outside flap. I was making a batch of pastry to do my
mincemeat tarts this afternoon. The dough just wasn't
working. I told my wife I was having a problem. She, who
doesn't often make pies, looked at it and told me that it
was short on shortening. DOH!!! I used 1/2 cup instead of a
cup. I cut off another 1/2 cup, cut it into the halfassed
dough and stuck it in the fridge for 10 minutes then rolled
it out and cut out the circles for the tarts, stuffed them
into the pans, filed them, put a top on them and baked them.
They turned out beautifully.