Perfect Pie Crust !

If any of you have ever had a slice of black berry pie while sitting outside in the late afternoon in an Arizona summer monsoon, you will understand why this pie crust is held near and dear to my heart. It is one of the few things on this blog that will NOT be my recipe, it's too good to alter, and i'm really not a baking gal anyway, so i will just be in charge of what goes inside the crust!
Ok, so when i was about ....12, I was at a relatives house watching her make berry pies and realized that whatever she was doing with the crust looked way too easy to be delicious. No butter, no rolling pin, no flour all over a board. How can this possibly be the most amazing pie crust ever? and yet..... i will never do it differently, this is my all time favorite crust !

Ok so, Here is what you need:

2 C All Purpose Flour
2/3 C Canola Oil
6 T Milk
3 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt ( and this is where i tell you, that i ALWAYS put more salt than that....cause i'm me. Make it, Taste it, then decide if you are like me)

And that my comrades....is IT


Throw it all in a bowl:



Mix it up into course crumbs with a fork:



Press it into a ball with clean hands, and if the ball is cracking or crumbling add a little more oil about a teaspoon at a time until the dough sticks together nicely (this always varies for a myriad of reasons, you just gotta work with it a little)
Now press it into a pie pan with your fingers, keeping it fairly thin on the bottom and thicker up around the edges:



Now with your thumb, and the knuckle of your forefinger pinch at an angle around the exterior of the crust:



And now you have CRUST! As far as the baking goes, it really depends on what you are putting in the crust and how long that will take to cook, some recipes will require that you pre bake it and some will not.

**Disclaimer this crust is really crumbly and melt-in-your-mouth-y. If you prefer a more substantial crust, you probably will not be quite as psyched on this as I am....and that's ok with me....I'm just sayin is all :)