Good Food, Good Life, 365: Rich Pastry

Instructions:

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 4 ounces full-fat cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Ingredients:

1. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese together until creamy. Add flour and mix at low speed until flour disappears and large crumbles form.
2. Use your hands to gather up the dough. Form a ball. Cut the ball of dough into 4 equal pieces. Flatten each ball to form a disk,
3. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
4. When you are ready to use the dough, preheat oven to temp you will need for your sweet or savory treat.
5. Take one disk of dough out of the refrigerator and allow to sit for a few minutes to warm up before using.

Sue’s Tip

The disks of dough can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks or in the freezer for 2 months.