Sweet Pastry Dough

1. 1

   Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.

2. 2

   Blend together flour and butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.

3. 3

   Beat together yolk, vanilla, lemon juice, and water with a fork and stir into flour with fork until combined well.

4. 4

   Gently knead with floured hands in bowl until a dough forms.

5. 5

   Turn dough out onto a floured surface and gently knead 4 or 5 times.

6. 6

   Form dough into a ball, then flatten into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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