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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easiest sweet shortcrust pastry using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:
- Make ready 100 g Butter *softened
- Take 2-4 tablespoons Caster Sugar
- Get 1 Egg Yolk
- Make ready 1 cup (*250ml) Plain Flour
Homemade sweet pie dough makes all the difference, no matter what type of pie or tart you make! Sift the flour and salt into a dish or food processor. Cut the butter into cubes and add to the bowl or food processor. If using a food processor, pulse the butter and flour together until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Steps to make Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:
- Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth. Add Egg Yolk and mix until creamy.
- Add Plain Flour and mix as you cut the butter mixture into flour. After mixing, it might look too DRY, but do not add Water. Use your hands to bring the mixture together into dough.
- For tart/pie base, simple spread the dough in a baking dish evenly and press using your fingers. If you want to roll the dough into a sheet, place the dough between 2 sheets baking paper, roll until 3-4mm thick, then refrigerate until firm.
- For cookies, place the dough on a sheet of plastic warp, shape into a log, and wrap. Refrigerate until firm. When it is firm, remove and discard the plastic wrap, and slice the dough into 8mm thick rounds. Bake in 170℃ oven.
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