Sweet pastry dough (pie crust)

Ingredients

• 125g butter, softened
• 50g sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 200g flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
• lemon zest (optional)

Method

1. In a bowl cream butter with sugar. Add salt and vanilla extract with lemon zest, if using. Mix in the egg.
2. Add flour and mix until the dough forms.
3. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until ready to use.

This sweet pastry dough is perfect for pies and tarts.

This recipe is enough to line a 23cm tart pan. If you want to make a pie with a crust top, just double the recipe.

This dough can be stored in a freezer for up to 3 months.