I am a fan of following a recipe as written for the first time. I've had mixed success in making pie crusts even so. Do you have a recommendation as to the shortening (which from the way this is written I take to be NOT the butter)? I do not mind using liquid vegetable shortening. Is there any reason not to use lard? I went for years buying the line that lard was terrible. Vegetarianism aside, the research I've done is that lard is NOT all that bad, and I prefer using it. Coconut oil in is solid state is my substitute if I need to avoid lard because of dietary restrictions. Comments?

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