Shortcrust pastry is a very versatile base preparation suitable for both delicious tarts and delightful cookies. There are several recipes to make shortcrust pastry, but there are also different techniques for working it, and I will talk about the two most commonly used in this post dedicated to shortcrust pastry.
Christmas is getting closer, and I love making lots of cookies with shortcrust pastry, like the famous butter cookies, Christmas rice flour cookies, and I always enjoy experimenting with new recipes for making shortcrust pastry, and this time, I made five truly fantastic ones!! All very simple recipes, perfect for making Christmas recipes, both cookies and tarts.
For these five recipes, I’ve used ingredients that, in my opinion, are perfect for both Christmas and other holidays like Easter, and they are truly delicious. If you’re looking for ideas to make simple and tasty Christmas treats, I recommend trying these recipes as I’m sure they’ll win you over from the first bite. Let’s see together what we need to make the five foolproof shortcrust pastry recipes.
DON’T MISS THESE TREATS
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients
SHORTCRUST PASTRY FIVE FOOLPROOF RECIPES SIMPLE AND TASTY PERFECT FOR MAKING TARTS AND COOKIES
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 7 oz butter (cold)
- 2 grated mandarin peels
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons dried raspberry
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3 1/2 oz dark chocolate
- 1 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/8 tablespoon baking powder
- vanilla flavor
Steps
LET’S PREPARE FIVE SHORTCRUST PASTRY RECIPES
to make these tasty recipes, you can follow the procedure of this recipe. I blended everything, or you can use the Thermomix by putting all the ingredients in the bowl for 15 seconds at speed 5, or you can use a mixer and blend everything. Let the recipes rest in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, and then use them as you like. Soon I’ll show you how I used them.
