Pie Crust

1/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup butter
2 cups flour
1/3 cup boiling water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

Mix butter, shortening, and flour. Cut into small pieces with a pastry cutter. Add boiling water, salt, and baking powder and mix well. Separate into two balls. Place each balls in between two sheets of wax paper and roll.

**Pandora's comment** This makes the flakiest pie crust but is very difficult to work with. Rolling between two sheets of wax paper helps but it is still very sticky. But clean up is a breeze...just throw the wax paper away! I have only used this for a pie crust so I don't know how it would work on other pastry recipes.