Sweet Pastry Dough

By á-2338

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 7 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cold water

Preparation

Step 1

Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
Blend together flour and butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps. Beat together yolk, vanilla, lemon juice, and water with a fork and stir into flour with fork until combined well.
Gently knead with floured hands in bowl until a dough forms.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface and gently knead 4 or 5 times.
Form dough into a ball, then flatten into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days.