Place flour, sugar, salt and butter in bowl. Use pastry cutter, fork, food processor or your hands to combine mixture. (CAROLYN COLE / Los Angeles Times)
When properly mixed, flour and butter should resemble coarse meal with a few pea-sized lumps. (CAROLYN COLE / Los Angeles Times)
Mix in egg yolk, then water and gather dough until it forms a ball. (CAROLYN COLE / Los Angeles Times)
Roll dough flat and lay over 9-inch pie plate. (CAROLYN COLE / Los Angeles Times)
Pour pumpkin filling into pie shell then bake. (CAROLYN COLE / Los Angeles Times)