Canadian Living Butter Pastry

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons cold water

Recipe

• 1 whisk together flour and sugar.
• 2 cut in butter using pastry blender or 2 knives to fine crumbs, leave a few pea size pieces.
• 3 mix egg yolk and water together and drizzle over flour mixture.
• 4 toss together with fork until dough clumps.
• 5 form dough into ball, and flatten.
• 6 roll out on floured surface & place in pie/tart tin.
• 7 chill dough 30 minutes.
• 8 you can blind bake at 400° for 15 - 20 minutes till edges start to turn golden, or fill and bake as directed by the pie recipe you are using.
• 9 if making in a food processor, put flour & sugar in processor bowl, pulse to mix.
• 10 add cubed butter and pulse till you have fine crumbs.
• 11 drizzle egg yolk & water mixture through feed tube while mixing.
• 12 when dough starts to form, remove from processor bowl, and proceed as above.