(Makes one 9-inch crust)

1¼ cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons (1¼ cups or 10-oz) chilled sweet butter, cut into pieces
2 large egg yolks
1 tablespoon cold water

Mix flour, powdered sugar and salt in processor

Add butter; process until mixture resembles coarse meal

Mix egg yolks and water in small bowl

Add to flour mixture and process until moist clumps form

Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk for round tart or into square for rectangular tart

Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour

*NOTE:
Can be prepared 3 days ahead
Keep refrigerated
Let dough soften briefly at room temperature before rolling out
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Baking Dough for Tarts & Pies:
Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thick round, about 12 inches in diameter.  Roll dough up on rolling pin and transfer to 9 inch tart pan with removable bottom. Trim and finish edges by rolling pin over the mold
Refrigerate crust for 30 minutes


Preheat oven to 350º F
Line pastry with foil or parchment and fill with dried beans or pie weights
Bake 15 minutes

Remove beans & foil and continue baking crust until golden brown, about 15 minutes
Cool crust completely on wire rack
Sweet Crust
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Cooks Note:
This recipe has not been tested, not yet anyway