Flaky Butter Pastry – House Beautiful

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Servings: 1 Difficulty: Advanced
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American-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Flaky Butter Pastry – House Beautiful

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 1 Calories: 152.1

Description

This American dessert features Unbleached flour -cut into 1/2-inch bits, Sugar 1/4 c Sour cream, Salt 1/2 teaspoon White wine vinegar or, Baking powder -cider vinegar mixed with, Cold unsalted butter. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
  2. Add the butter and
  3. cut it into the flour with a pastry cutter or two knives until it makes a very coarse meal.
  4. Place bowl in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
  5. This will firm up the butter and insure a flakier crust.
  6. Add the sour cream and vinegar and quickly blend it into the flour with a pastry cutter or fork.
  7. With your hands, squeeze the dough 7 or 8 times to incorporate the loose bits and gather the dough together into a rough hall.
  8. If the dough is very dry and does not hold together, add a little more ice water, one t at a time.
  9. Flatten the dough into a 1-inch-thick disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1,6 hour.
  10. Let the dough sit at room temperature at least 15 minutes before rolling.
  11. To roll the dough, sprinkle the work surface lightly and evenly with a little flour.
  12. Rub the rolling pin with flour as well.
  13. Roll the dough gradually in each direction, flattening as you go, to
  14. form a large circle to desired size-do not
  15. roll thinner than 1/8-inch.
  16. If the dough cracks or puus apart, moisten torn edges with a little water (using your finger or a pastry
  17. brush ) and press together to secure.
  18. Dust lightly with flour if the surface of the dough is sticky.
  19. Proceed as directed in the following recipes for desired filling

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 152.1kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4.9g8%
Saturated Fat 2.9g15%
Cholesterol 12.1mg5%
Sodium 1263.2mg53%
Total Carbohydrate 23.5g8%
Dietary Fiber 0.8g4%
Sugars 0.7g
Protein 3.1g7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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