Steps

With an electric stand mixer or hand-held mixer, mix flour, butter, and sugar until the mixture has the consistency of small peas.

With the machine on low speed, add eggs and yolk, and mix just until well-incorporated, about 25 seconds.

Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling out.

More recipes with flour, butter or eggs

Adapted from “Pastry Dough (recipe)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.

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Pastry Dough (recipe)

Name: Pastry Dough (recipe)
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2¾ cups (350 g) flour; 1⅛ cups (2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons / 260 g) butter (see notes, below); 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (220 g) confectioner's sugar; 2 eggs; 1 egg yolk

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Ingredients

2¾ cups (350 g) flour
1⅛ cups (2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons / 260 g) butter (see notes, below)
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (220 g) confectioner's sugar
2 eggs
1 egg yolk

Steps

With an electric stand mixer or hand-held mixer, mix flour, butter, and sugar until the mixture has the consistency of small peas.
With the machine on low speed, add eggs and yolk, and mix just until well-incorporated, about 25 seconds.
Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling out.

More recipes with flour, butter or eggs

Adapted from “Pastry Dough (recipe)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.