Basic Sweet Pastry

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• yummie

  03 November 2009

  yummie commented on this recipe

  is it possible to use icing sugar in place of ordinary sugar, thx :))

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• Jacqui

  05 December 2010

  Jacqui rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Thanks for this. I love to have a sweet pastry for desserts and can never remember the quantities. Found a similar recipe on here which used no egg (or any fluids) which tasted very nice but was hard work to knead to the right consistency.

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• GEOFF HOUGHTON

  12 December 2010

  GEOFF HOUGHTON commented on this recipe

  making my own mince pies with this pastry-shoul be good

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• tricia

  19 August 2011

  tricia commented on this recipe

  Made this recipe for an apple tart but added grated orange rind to ingredients ! SCRUMPTIOUS !!!!

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• Remmnis

  24 October 2011

  Remmnis rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a great recipe. I couldn't find a nice enough sweet pastry to use in a blueberry pie, and this one is perfect! Sweetness all the way, and no annoying freezing butter and messing about needed! Thank you!

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• Laurence

  01 December 2011

  Laurence commented on this recipe

  Try my recipe 1lb flour 10oz butter 5oz sugar 1 med egg (no milk) This recipe needs to be chilled before use and will not mind being over worked, or re-used

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Ingredients

• 225g / 8 oz plain flour
• 110g / 4 oz butter
• 80g / 3 oz sugar
• 1 large egg

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Makes 4 tartlets

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Ingredients

• 225g / 8 oz plain flour
• 110g / 4 oz butter
• 80g / 3 oz sugar
• 1 large egg

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