Butter Pastry Dough (Gourmet Magazine)

May 09, 2023May 9, 20230 16

Easy-to-make Butter Pastry Dough for your homemade pies!

by The Chefin Pastry

Prep

10 min

Cook

0 min

Ready In

1 hour 10 min

Level

Easy

Rating

Ingredients

	2 cups all-purpose flour
	1 1/2 teaspoons salt
	3/4 cup cold unsalted butter , cut into bits
	6 -7 tablespoons ice water

Nutrision Information

Servings Per Recipe

Enough for a double-crust 9-inch pie

Calories

1620

Sugar

Fat

108g

Butter Pastry Dough is a basic recipe, but essential in baking. It's easy to prepare and can be used for various pies, both sweet and savory. It's buttery, flaky, and delicious! This recipe yields enough pastry dough for a double-crust 9-inch pie. For better results, it's essential to keep the ingredients cold and to chill the dough before use. This way, the butter will be evenly distributed, and the dough will be light and flaky. It can also be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or the freezer for up to 3 months. Butter Pastry Dough is a staple in baking. If you like pies, this recipe is a must-try!

Instructions

1.	In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
2.	Add cold butter bits and mix until the mixture resembles coarse meal with some pea-sized butter lumps remaining.
3.	Drizzle 6 tablespoons ice water evenly over mixture. Gently stir with a fork until incorporated.
4.	Squeeze a small handful of dough. If it doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until just incorporated, and test again.
5.	Gather dough together and form it into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour.

PROS

This easy-to-make Butter Pastry Dough can be used for various sweet and savory pies.

It’s buttery, flaky, and delicious!

CONS

The dough contains a large amount of butter and is quite high in calories and fat.

It requires some chilling time before use.

HEALTH & BENEFITS

Butter Pastry Dough doesn’t have any significant health benefits, but everything is good in moderation.
However, this dough is rich in fat, so it should be consumed in moderation.