PERFECT PIE CRUST LIKE BAKER'S SQUARE

No rolling pin required.

Place in deep narrow microwave mixing bowl:
1/4 lb. butter

Melt without letting it change color. Soon as it bubbles have electric mixer ready to work quickly.

Dump into hot butter all at once:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
dash cinnamon

Beat half a minute just to combine and while it's still warm gather up into your hands and pat out evenly over bottom and up sides of a PAM-ed 9-inch pie pan.

FOR A PARTIALLY BAKED PIE CRUST:
Bake partially 6 minutes at 375 degrees F before adding a filling (like pumpkin or custard) to be baked.

FOR A PREBAKED PIE CRUST:
Bake completely 375 degrees F for 18 to 20 minutes OR till golden when using a no-bake filling.

Makes 1 single crust.

TO ADD A TOP CRUST:
Make a second Perfect Pie Crust and pat out over PAM-ed wax paper to 9-inch circle Invert over filling and bake the pie per recipe for the filling.

TO MAKE STREUSEL TOPPING:
Make a second Perfect Pie Crust. Make into a 9-inch pie shell and fully bake. Cool and then crumble the shell and sprinkle over pie made with no-bake pie filling.

Adapted from source: Gloria Pitzer