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🍰 The Perfect Shortcrust Pastry – Base for Cakes and Cookies

412 kcal · 10 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Mix the flour with the baking powder.
  2. 2. Sift the dry mixture into a large bowl.
  3. 3. Place small pieces of margarine or butter on top of the flour.
  4. 4. Add the sugar and the vanilla sugar.
  5. 5. Add the egg.
  6. 6. Knead everything vigorously by hand.
  7. 7. Work until a homogeneous, smooth dough forms.
  8. 8. Cover the bowl.
  9. 9. Place the dough in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
  10. 10. Use the dough as a base for cakes or for cookies.
  11. 11. Roll out the dough.
  12. 12. Cut out the cookies.
  13. 13. Bake the cookies.
  14. 14. Wait until the cookies have cooled down.
  15. 15. Coat the cooled cookies with chocolate.
  16. 16. Pay attention to the appropriate baking time and temperature for your purpose.

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