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How to Make Ultimate Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

date: 2020-11-05T06:28:33.022Z
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author: Sue Reese
ratingvalue: 4.7
reviewcount: 32082
recipeingredient:
- "100 g Butter softened" - "2-4 tablespoons Caster Sugar" - "1 Egg Yolk" - "1 cup 250ml Plain Flour"
recipeinstructions:
- "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."
categories:
- Recipe
tags:
- easiest - sweet - shortcrust
katakunci: easiest sweet shortcrust
nutrition: 174 calories
recipecuisine: American
preptime: "PT20M"
cooktime: "PT37M"
recipeyield: "2"
recipecategory: Dessert

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Hello everybody, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, easiest sweet shortcrust pastry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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After it appeared on a popular show Brits have been signing up to use it. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar.


To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easiest sweet shortcrust pastry using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.



##### The ingredients needed to make Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Make ready 100 g Butter *softened 1. Take 2-4 tablespoons Caster Sugar 1. Make ready 1 Egg Yolk 1. Make ready 1 cup (*250ml) Plain Flour

If you don't have baking beans, you can use uncooked rice or lentils instead. Blind bake the pastry until lightly golden. Brush the tops with beaten egg and sprinkle over a litttle sugar. Sometimes a sweet shortcrust pastry is needed, especially for desserts and sweet pies as it adds extra flavor and depth.



##### Steps to make Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth. Add Egg Yolk and mix until creamy. 1. 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. 1. 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. 1. 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.

Brush the tops with beaten egg and sprinkle over a litttle sugar. Sometimes a sweet shortcrust pastry is needed, especially for desserts and sweet pies as it adds extra flavor and depth. A rich shortcrust pastry recipe is similar to basic shortcrust but has an egg and sugar added to it. That way you'll end up with a delicate, flaky pastry every time. Sieve the flour from a height on to a clean work surface and sieve the icing sugar over the top.

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