Reduced-Fat Pie Pastry

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cold margarine, cut into pieces
5 to 5-1/2 tablespoons ice water

Combine flour and salt in medium bowl; cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring lightly with fork after each addition until dough is formed. Wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.

Makes pastry for one crust 9-inch pie. (Double recipe for double crust or lattice pies.)

Nutrition information per serving (based on 1/8 pie):123 cal., 2 g pro., 15 g carbo., 6 g fat, 0 mg chol., 134 mg sodium.

Food Exchanges: 1 bread, 1 fat.

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