Pastry Dough Recipe
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Pastry Dough
3 cup pie & pastry blend flour* or King A
Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
2 rounded tablespoons Lora Brody Doug
Relaxer* OR 2 tablespoons Baker's
Special Dry Milk*
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup cream cheese, (4 ounces)
1/2 cup lard or vegetable shortening
1/4 cup cold water, (1/4 to 1/3)
Place the flour, Dough Relaxer or dry milk, sugar and salt in the bowl of
a
food processor, and pulse a few times to combine the ingredients. Add the
cream cheese and lard or vegetable shorting and process (using short
pulses)
until the mixture is crumbly. For an especially flaky crust, be sure to
leave some larger pieces of fat intact. Add 1/4 cup of the cold water,
then
pulse once or twice. Feel the dough to see if you can squeeze it together.
If necessary, add more water until the dough holds together when pressed.
Remove the dough from the food processor, and form it into two balls.
Flatten the balls into thick disks, wrap them well, and refrigerate for 30
minutes (or longer).
To make the dough by hand, simply mix the ingredients as listed above and
cut the cream cheese and lard into small chunks. Toss the cream cheese and
lard with the flour mixture, then cut in using a pastry blender, a fork,
your fingers, or two knives. Sprinkle the water over the mixture, and toss
together; add just enough water so the pastry will hold together. Divide
the
pastry dough in half, roll it into balls, flatten to thick disks, wrap
well,
and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until ready to use.
The pastry dough may be used to line the cups of mini-muffin pans to make
mini-quiche-type appetizers, to form crescent-shaped turnovers, or to form
"purses" (see following recipe). To make mini-quiches or turnovers, dust a
clean work surface and one piece of the dough with flour. Roll the dough
1/8-inch thick. Cut into 3-inch rounds. If you're making mini-quiches,
press
the rounds into the cups of a mini-muffin pan, and spoon approximately 1
tablespoon filling into each cup. If you're making turnovers, just leave
them flat on your work surface. Spoon approximately 1 tablespoon of
filling
on each piece of pastry. Fold over and pinch or press edges together to
form
half-moon turnovers. Repeat with the remaining dough.
Place the turnovers on an ungreased baking sheet, and snip a small hole in
the center of each one, for the steam to escape. Bake the mini-quiches or
turnovers in a preheated 375F oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until they're
lightly browned. Serve them warm.
Appetizers made with this dough may be frozen either baked or unbaked. To
bake unbaked turnovers direct from the freezer, allow an extra 5 minutes.
To
reheat baked, frozen turnovers, cover with foil and reheat at 350F for 10
to 15 minutes. Uncover the turnovers for the last few minutes, so that
they'll become crisp. Yield: dough for approximately 24 turnovers or
tarts.
Per serving: 453 Calories (kcal); 40g Total Fat; (78% calories from fat);
9g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 127mg Cholesterol; 2476mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 7
1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 1179 Calories; 40g Fat (30.1%
calories from fat); 9g Protein; 203g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 127mg
Cholesterol; 2478mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 7 1/2 Fat; 13 1/2
Other Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preparation Time: 0:00 |
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