Cream Cheese Pie Dough

Cream Cheese dough :

 

-1.5 C unbleached all-purpose flour

-1 t sugar

-pinch of salt

-1 stick cold, unsalted butter (diced)

-1 package cold cream cheese (cut into pieces)

1. Place dry ingredients in medium bowl and mix together.  Using your fingers (or a food processor), add the cold, diced butter and mix it together until you have only small clumps (in a food processor the mixture should resemble bread crumbs).  Then, add in the pieces of cream cheese and mix until large clumps of dough have formed.

2. Remove dough and place onto a lightly flour dusted surface (counter or cutting board) and knead until the dough has formed nicely.  Wrap in plastic and chill for at least 30 minutes (this can be made ahead of time).