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Whole Wheat Pie Crust

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I like making pies, including  tofu quiche   and   fruit pie and  pumpkin pie .   Good pie crust is hard to make, though. I buy  Wholly Wholesome rolled pie dough  when we can find it. But it's been hard to find nowadays. Cousin Ann Mattson and friend Allen shared their (similar) oil-based pie crust recipes, which were tasty. Then I found this easy vegan pie crust recipe and found that using a food processor in cutting in the butter seemed to yield an easier dough to roll. Ingredients (Makes two 9" crusts) 1 1/4 C white flour  1 1/4 C whole wheat flour  1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp baking powder (optional) 1 C vegan butter, cold, cubed (or canola oil) 8 T ice water  Instructions Using a food processor, pulse together dry ingredients. Then pulse in butter (about 8 pulses). Then pulse in ice water slowly until a dough forms. Remove and form disc, and cut in half. Chill half an hour or up to 3 days, or freeze up to 3 month...