German Shortcrust Pastry Recipe (Mürbeteig) for fruit tarts (Obstkuchen), cakes and cookies Recipe

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Ingredients

50 g (1/4 cup) sugar
100 g (1/2 cup) cold butter
150 g (1 1/4 cup) pastry flour (Type 405)
1 egg
1 pinch salt
Additionally, you can flavour with lemon essence or vanilla sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare twice as much dough, and put one (raw) portion into the freezer to make a quick fruit tart for unexpected guests.

Additionally, you can flavour with lemon essence or vanilla sugar

Directions

Sift the flour on a large board or clean table, make a hollow like in the picture above.

Add the sugar and the egg into the hollow,

cut the cold butter into pieces and put it on the rim.

Mix the egg and sugar with your fingertips, then quickly rub butter into the flour and blend all ingredients together. Don't knead too long.

Grease a flat baking tin, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, put the dough into the tin, prick some holes into the dough to avoid bubbles.