Perfect shortcrust pastry, a sweet dough for tarts and cookies, is the easy and tested recipe to make a great shortcrust pastry for cookies and excellent tarts. Shortcrust pastry is one of the basic preparations of pastry, versatile and delicious, perfect for preparing many desserts. Shortcrust pastry, a very easy recipe and without yeast, although you can add a pinch if you want, with this shortcrust pastry recipe the cookies keep their shape perfectly during baking and it tastes great!
But now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to prepare the Perfect Shortcrust Pastry
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SPOON SHORTCRUST PASTRY – without butter

- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
Let’s see together what we need to prepare
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 5 oz butter
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 pinch salt
- vanillin
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Rolling Pin
- 1 Pastry Board
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing the perfect shortcrust; cut the cold butter into pieces and put it in a bowl with the powdered sugar, work it with a wooden spoon until creamy.
Add the egg yolks, the vanillin, and mix again, add the flour and knead until you get a smooth and soft dough.
Wrap the shortcrust pastry in plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour before using it.
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