Best Rich Sweet Pastry Dough Recipes

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Yield Makes enough dough for an 11- to 12-inch tart

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
6 large egg yolks

Steps:

In a bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together flour, sugar, and salt. Add butter and blend or pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolks and, if blending by hand, stir until mixture forms a dough. If using a food processor pulse until mixture forms large clumps and with hands form mixture into a dough.
On a work surface smear dough in 3 or 4 forward motions with heel of hand to slightly develop gluten in flour and make dough easier to work with. Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a disk. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

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Provided by Cathy Roland

Number Of Ingredients 6

Steps:

1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt in bowl. Add chilled butter mix until it looks like corn meal. Add egg yolk, and mix until well blended. Add ice water a drop at a time until a ball forms.
2. Turn pastry out onto wax paper and knead lightly. Wrap dough and refrigerate 2 hours. Roll out and use as desired. Bake to recipe specifications for whatever you are making with the dough.