Tbsp applesauce or pumpkin puree. Tbsp corn or tapioca starch. Preheat oven to 4. F. In a medium bowl, sift together flour and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut in shortening and butter until pea sized. Sprinkle with 3 Tbsp ice water and stir until dough comes together in a ball, adding more ice water as needed. Use as little water as possible and handle the dough as little as possible, so as not to end up with a tough crustRoll out dough on a lightly floured surface. Transfer to 9 pie plate trim and shape edges as desired. Prick crust with a fork and fill with pie weights bake for 5 minutes. Mushroom Soup Recipe. Remove pie plate from oven and set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 3. F. In a heavy skillet on medium heat, melt butter. Add pecan halves and salt and toss, stirring occasionally until pecans are toasted. Take care not to burn them Turn off heat and set aside. In a small bowl, stir together crackers and water. Let water absorb, then put mixture in a food processor with vegan butter, sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, applesauce or pumpkin puree, and starch. Process until mixture is relatively smooth. Pour mixture into saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. When mixture boils, lower heat slightly and cook for 2 more minutes, stirring to make sure nothing burns to the bottom of the pan. Fold in pecans. Remove pie weights from crust, then pour filling into crust. Bake for 5. 0 minutes. Cool fully, a couple of hours, before slicing and serving.