Cream Cheese Pastry

Name: Cream Cheese Pastry
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 225 g (7 oz) packaged cream cheese; 275 g (10 oz) plain flour; 225 g (7 oz) lightly salted butter

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Cream cheese pastry is used a great deal in the States because it is so easy to work with and the results are light and tender. It is perfect for sweet as well as savoury pies.

Ingredients

225 g (7 oz) packaged cream cheese
225 g (7

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Cut up the cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl. Mix them together with a fork or an electric mixer until creamy. Sift the flour into the bowl and mix until the dough holds together. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes before rolling out.