Pastry Dough

Pastry Dough
Category:	Pie recipes
Servings:	1 pie crust
Time:	1 hour
Difficulty:

| American cuisine | Vegetarian Cuisine

Ingredients

• 2¾ cups (350g) flour
• 1 ⅛ cups [260g] (2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons) butter (see notes, below)
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (220g) confectioner's sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk

Procedure

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

Tips, Notes, and Variations

• European-style butter, which has a higher fat content than American butter, is recommended. Most supermarkets now stock at least one variety of European-style butter, Plugra being one of the most popular brands.