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Pastry Dough (recipe)

Pastry Dough (recipe) — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Total 01:00
Yield 1 pie crust

Ingredients

  • 2¾ cups (350 g) flour
  • 1⅛ cups (2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons / 260 g) butter (see notes, below)
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (220 g) confectioner's sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk

Instructions

  1. 1
    With an electric stand mixer or hand-held mixer, mix flour, butter, and sugar until the mixture has the consistency of small peas.
  2. 2
    With the machine on low speed, add eggs and yolk, and mix just until well-incorporated, about 25 seconds.
  3. 3
    Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling out.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Dietary Information

Vegetarian

Recipe Attribution