Pasties

This is an old family recipe that my German grandmother used to make. My mother wrote down the recipe. I made them for my sister's birthday.

2 recipes pie crust
1 pkg. Round steak, diced
1 pkg. Pork steak, diced
1 onion, chopped
thinly sliced potatoes
thinly sliced carrots (optional)

Mix filling ingredients in large bowl. Salt and pepper to taste. Roll out crust into oblong shapes. Place about 1 ½ C of filling on each. Top with a dollop of butter. Fold over and pinch edges together. Vent top with several slits. Make little balls for top with left-over crust. Bake in preheated 450 oven for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 and bake 45 to 1 hour longer.

Pie Crust
2 C flour
2/3 C shortening (Butter-flavored Crisco)
1 t salt
5-7 T cold water

Mix flour, shortening and salt with a fork, until the consistency of small peas. Add water 1 T at a time to a portion of the flour mixture. Do not over mix.