{"id":5214,"date":"2026-02-15T18:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:47:17","slug":"low-calorie-basic-pie-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/low-calorie-basic-pie-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Calorie Basic Pie Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\/3 C. Crisco, chilled<br \/>\n1 C. flour, sifted<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. salt<br \/>\n2 to 4 Tbsp. water<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Either by hand or in a processor, cut shortening into the flour and salt until fine crumbs.  Add water 1 Tbls. at a time until a ball forms. Wrap in plastic and chill for 1 hour.  Roll out to fit a 9-inch pie pan. Bake at 425 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes, or leave  unbaked if pie recipe calls for unbaked shell.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;But He answered and said, &quot;It is written, &#039;MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.&#039;&quot; (Matthew 4:4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetic<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/low-calorie-basic-pie-shell\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}