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Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Basic shortcrust pastry is the easiest pastry to make, it is a versatile pastry suitable for sweet or savory dishes. 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.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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 Butter *softened
2. Make ready Caster Sugar
3. Make ready Egg Yolk
4. Make ready (*250ml) Plain Flour

Roll the chilled dough out and press into the baking tin.; Press a piece of baking paper (greaseproof paper) onto the top of the pastry Sometimes a recipe calls for sweet or rich shortcrust pastry, especially for desserts and sweet pies. A rich shortcrust pastry recipe is similar to basic shortcrust but has an egg and sugar added to it. This pastry is also known as pate sucrée. Though it may at first seem a little sticky, rich shortcrust pastry is easy to handle.

Steps to make Easiest Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth. Add Egg Yolk and mix until creamy.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

The best pastry to use for sweet desserts like pies, tarts, tortes and tartlets etc. Crumb together by hand the butter in to the flour. Puff Pastry Dough By: Allrecipes Staff. This is a really good pastry recipe, quick easy and tastes great, not too dry! A great use for it is with Grandma's Lemon Meringue Pie (also on the site).

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