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Easy Shortbread Crust Pastry

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Easy Shortbread crust Pastry recipe for Tarts or Pies and cheesecakes and other. A great dough idea to bake for desserts to add fillings on.

  • Author: FillMyRecipeBook
  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 15 min
  • Total Time: 30 min
  • Yield: 12
  • Category: Desserts, snacks, meals
  • Method: Oven Baking

Ingredients

The Dough Makes 12 (1 dozen )Tartlets

  1. 1 Cup of Butter (unsalted) (if you use salted butter then leave out the salt)
  2. 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Essence
  3. 1/2 Cup of fine sugar
  4. 2 Cups of flour
  5. 1 teaspoon of fine salt (If you use unsalted butter then add some salt)

Instructions

  1. Cream together the butter (room temperature) and sugar until cream with a mixer.
  2. Then add the vanilla essence. mix well.
  3. Once this mixture is blended well then add the flour and salt in a cup at a time, Mix well with a dough hook. This forms the shortbread dough.
  4. Wrap it in a cling wrap and leave in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 150 Deg C (300 Deg. F)
  6. Then obtain the dough out of the fridge and roll it flat and then cut and press it into your greased tartlet pans. Pressing the sides in well.
  7. If you do not have a lovely shaped tartlet pan, then don’t worry. All you need to do is make a scallop edge with your fingers to visually make the tartlets look good.
  8. Place these tartlet pans on a baking sheet pan and bake in the oven until lightly golden. That would take about 10 – 15 minutes.
  9. Leave to cool on a cooling rack, before removing from the tartlet pans.
  10. Once cool then you may fill the shortbread crust bases with the fillings you desire.

Notes

Use this recipe to make a normal savoury tart or pie dish shortbread base as well.

Use your fingers to make a scallop edge around the top for a more pleasing eye catching effect.

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