Spicy Cream Cheese Pastry
2 c All purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 2 ts Ground cayenne 1 c (2 sticks) unsalted butter, -chilled 6 oz Cream cheese, at room -temperature In a bowl, combine the flour, salt, and cayen...
Ingredients
- 2c all purpose flour
- 1/2ts salt
- 2ts ground cayenne
- 1c (2 sticks) unsalted butter,
Directions
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2 c All purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 2 ts Ground cayenne 1 c (2 sticks) unsalted butter, -chilled 6 oz Cream cheese, at room -temperature In a
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Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter and cream cheese to form a soft dough
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Alternatively, combine the dry ingredients in a food processor
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Add the butter and cream cheese and process with short pulsesuntil the dough just sicks together
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Gather the dough into a ball, enclose in plastic wrap or waxed paper, and chill for at leat 30 minutes or for up to several hours
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Makes top crust for 1 large pot pie, or 3 individual ones
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Origin: Cookbook Digest Jan/Feb 1993 Shared by: Sharon Stevens