Freeform Tart Dough

Name: Freeform Tart Dough
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams), plus additional for work surface; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks), cold, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 3 - 6 tablespoons, ice water

Desserts or Baked Goods
Reduced Sugar
Tarts
Cookbook Collection

Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2004

Few things are better than a summer fruit pie, but that takes time and skill. We wanted an easy recipe with a short list of ingredients that would produce an extra-flaky crust.

SERVES Makes enough for one 9-inch tart

TIME 25 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

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