Shortcrust Pastry Dough
🕒 Cook Time: 50 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 1 hour
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
📝 Description: This is in response to a request for homemade pastry. I am the world’s worst baker, but my pastry came out right on my first attempt! (Prep time includes refrigeration time)
🥧 Recipe Category: Pie
🔍 Keywords: Dessert, Grains, Scottish, European, Christmas, Weeknight, Oven, Refrigerator, Small Appliance, < 4 Hours, Inexpensive
📊 Nutritional Information (Per Serving):
- Calories: 704.2
- Fat Content: 38.8g
- Saturated Fat Content: 23.8g
- Cholesterol Content: 139.9mg
- Sodium Content: 393.8mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 76.4g
- Fiber Content: 2.7g
- Sugar Content: 0.4g
- Protein Content: 12g
🥧 Recipe Yield: 5 cups (approx)
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 4 cups | flour |
| 1/4 tsp | salt |
| 1/2 cup | salted butter |
| 1 | egg |
| – | cold water |
| – | shortening |
Instructions:
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour and salt.
- Add the butter and cut into flour until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
(Using a food processor fitted with the dough blade makes the “cutting” process a little easier and faster). - Mix in enough cold water to hold the mixture together.
- Form into a ball.
- Wrap in wax paper (preferred) or plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes.
Assembly:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a baking sheet, muffin tray, etc., with nonstick cooking spray or grease with shortening.
- Remove pastry from the refrigerator.
- Lightly sprinkle work surface with flour.
- Roll out pastry to about 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut into circles, squares, or any shape and size that you like.
- Use any filling that you want.
- To “join” separate pastry pieces together, moisten the edges with beaten egg and gently crimp the edges together.
- If your dish is to have pastry on the top, brush the top of the pastry with beaten egg.
- Place on prepared baking sheet, muffin tray, etc., and bake for 50 minutes or until golden brown on top.
- Pastry freezes extremely well.
Whether you’re crafting a sumptuous pie for a festive occasion or simply craving a comforting treat, this Shortcrust Pastry Dough recipe will elevate your baking game with its simplicity and delectable taste. With just a handful of pantry staples and a few easy steps, you’ll achieve a flaky, buttery crust that serves as the perfect vessel for both sweet and savory fillings. Plus, with the option to freeze any excess pastry, you can always have homemade goodness at your fingertips. So roll up your sleeves, preheat that oven, and get ready to delight your taste buds with this foolproof pastry recipe!
