French pate sucree dough

1 crust

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Unbleached all purpose flour
3 tablespoons Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 Large egg yolks, beaten to blend

Directions

Combine first 3 ingredients in bowl; stir to blend. Add butter and cut in, using pastry blender or fingertips, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolks; stir with fork until moist clumps form.

Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap dough in plastic; chill until firm, about 30 minutes. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep chilled. Let soften slightly at room temperature before using.)

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