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Pasta Frolla - Italian Sweet Pastry Dough

Servings: 1
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted
butter or lard, in chunks
2 large eggs


Instructions:
1. In the food processor: Place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in work bowl fitted with steel blade. Pulse several times to mix. Add butter or lard and pulse 8 to 10 times to mix. Add eggs and pulse until dough forms a ball.

2. By hand: Place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and stir well to mix. Add butter and rub mixture between the palm of your hands until it forms fine crumbs. Add eggs and stir with a fork until mixture leaves the sides of the bowl. Form dough into a ball.

3) Chill dough for at least one hour before kneading and rolling. Wrap in plastic when chilling.
Or:
4) Chill until needed, up to several days. When ready to use, unwrap it, place it on a lightly floured work surface and knead it until it is soft and malleable.


Source: DianasDesserts.com
Date: February 2002