Excellent Short Crust for Sweet Pastry

Instructions

1. Crumble down very lightly half a pound of butter into a pound of flour, breaking it quite small.
2. Mix well with these a slight pinch of salt and two ounces of sifted sugar, and add sufficient milk to make them up into a very smooth and somewhat firm paste.
3. Bake this slowly, and keep it pale.
4. It will be found an admirable crust if well made and lightly handled, and will answer for many dishes much better than puff-paste. It will rise in the oven too, and be extremely light.
5. Ten ounces of butter will render it very rich, but we find eight quite sufficient.