Tart Pastry Dough

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Baked Goods, Desserts, Holiday, Pie

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp. iodized salt

1/2 cup butter, cold, cut into pieces

1 egg yolk (whole egg works fine when doubling)

2 T. sugar

1-2 T. water, if needed


Food processor

Directions

Put flour, salt, and sugar in processor and pulse to mix.
Add the butter and pulse until coarse crumbs form.
Add the egg. Pulse a few times. If needed, add water and pulse a few more times.

When you can form a ball in your fingers that easily stays together, it is ready.
Make a ball, put it in a bag or plastic wrap, and flatten slightly. Refrigerate two hours or overnight.

Notes

Fruit Pie Filling
Small Tarts
Fig Bars

*This can be done with a mixer on low if you don't have a processor.

*If you are doing multiple batches (more than double), do one at a time.