Sweet Tart Dough

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/4 cups bleached all purpose flour

Directions

1. 1

   Combine the butter and sugar in a medium mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle and beat on medium speed for 5 minutes until the mixture is fluffy, soft and almost white in color.

2. 2

   Beat in the vanilla and the egg yolk and continue beating for another two minutes until the mixture is soft and resembles butter cream.

3. 3

   Place the flour in a strainer and sift it all at once over the butter mixture using a rubber spatula.

4. 4

   Fold the dough until no traces of flour remain.

5. 5

   Scrape the dough onto the center of a 12 inch square of plastic wrap and shape it into a rough disk.

6. 6

   Cover with another 12 inch piece of plastic and press the dough until it is about 1/4 inch thick.

7. 7

   Refrigerate.