Shortbread Style Pastry

🛒Ingredients (Grocery List)

• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) plus 1 tbsp cold unsalted Butter

• 2 cups all-purpose Flour

• 1/2 cup Sugar

• 1/4 tsp Salt

• 1 Egg Yolk, lightly beaten

🍴Serves: 8

⏰Prep Time: 10 min

⏱️Cook Time: 20 min

🥣Instructions

1. Cut the Butter into 1/2-inch pieces and let it sit out until pliable but not soft.

2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the Flour, Sugar, and the Salt. Add the Butter and the Egg Yolk. Using your fingers, combine all the ingredients with a rubbing motion until all are evenly mixed, and you have a mixture of coarse sand.

3. Working quickly, gently gather the dough together into a ball.

4. Roll the dough out of your desired thickness, fit it into your tart pan and then trim the top. Freeze the lined tart pan, uncovered, until completely hard. Then pick all over with a sharp knife and bake at 350 degrees.

5. Freezing will keep the sides from slumping down. To further guard against slumpage, line the tart with parchment and weight it down with beans during the first fifteen minutes of baking. If the bottom of the tart starts to burble up, even with the knife pricks, just press it back into place with a heat-proof spatula. Make sure to check early on, because the spatula trick won’t work once the dough is too firm.

💡Tips

• Replace 1/3 to 1/2 cup Flour with an equal amount of Rice Flour or Cornstarch for a crumblier texture.