I wanted to make a Lemon Meringue Pie, but I was low on a few baking supplies, so I made a quick trip to Safeway:

Total spent: $4.99
Total before coupons: $8.52
View receipt

Got:

1 bottle of Smart Balance cooking oil – One sale for $3.45, used a $1/1 coupon from the 11/2 Red Plum newspaper inserts.
1 dozen cage free eggs – $3.29. I could have gotten a much lower price on eggs, but I prefer to buy the cage free variety when I can.
2 trial sized boxes of Tide – .89 each, used two .50/1 coupons from the 11/2 Proctor & Gamble newspaper inserts; free plus .11 cents of overage after doubles.

The pie crust recipe that I always make uses cooking oil instead of butter. I frequently get comments on how flaky and good my pie crusts are, and when I tell people the recipe, they always seem shocked that it uses oil. I find it easier than making a crust with butter, and it’s also cost effective, so I thought I would share the recipe here:

Oil Pastry

Recipe from Betty Crocker’s Cook Book – makes an 8 or 9 inch one-crust pie

Ingredients:

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt (I always omit this)
1/3 cup salad oil
2 to 3 tablespoons cold water

Measure flour and salt into bowl. Add oil; mix until particles are the size of small peas. Sprinkle in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing until flour is moistened and dough almost cleans side of bowl. (If dough seems dry, 1 to 2 tablespoons oil can be added. Do not add water.) Gather dough together; press firmly into ball. Shape dough into flattened round and roll out.

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