Easy Sweet Pastry Dough - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
2/3 cup unsalted butter, cubed (or use salted butter and omit salt)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Sift together the flour, sugar, and salt (if using) into a bowl.
Toss butter into flour mixture to coat pieces. Using fingertips, rub butter into flour, working it until you have created a coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces.
In a small bowl, combine egg and vanilla. Whisk together, then add gradually to flour mixture, stirring with a fork. Mix with hands until dough forms a ball.
Knead the dough to make it smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
Roll out dough and shape to pie pan or cut out rounds for tarts.