Boiling Water Pastry
Medium Dessert

Boiling Water Pastry

Total Time
49 min
9m prep · 40m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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My mother-in-law gave me this hot water pastry recipe as a "no-fail" pastry when I married 20 years ago. Add up to a 1/2 cup more cake flour if necessary.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 0.5 cups boiling water
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place shortening into a heat-proof bowl. Pour in boiling water and whip mixture until creamy.

  2. 2

    Mix together flour and salt in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to shortening mixture. Stir until pastry stops sticking to the sides of the bowl. Refrigerate pastry before rolling it out.

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