Swedish Pastry

Name: Swedish Pastry
Ingredients: FOR THE CRUST:; 2 cups Flour; 1 cup Butter; 2 Tablespoons Water; FOR THE FILLING:; 1 cup Water; 1/2 cups Butter; 1 cup Flour; 3 Eggs; 1 teaspoon Almond Extract; FOR THE DRIZZLE:; 1 cup Powdered Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Butter, Melted; 1/2 Tablespoons Almond Extract; 1 Tablespoon Cream

15 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CRUST:
2 cups Flour
1 cup Butter
2 Tablespoons Water
FOR THE FILLING:
1 cup Water
1/2 cups Butter
1 cup Flour
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Almond Extract
FOR THE DRIZZLE:
1 cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon Butter, Melted
1/2 Tablespoons Almond Extract
1 Tablespoon Cream

Directions

1

For the crust:
2

Mix the crust ingredients with a pastry cutter, fork or your fingertips, as you would a pie crust, until you have a loose dough. Pat the crust into a 13 x 9 pan.
3

For the filling:
4

Put water in a saucepan. Add butter and heat to boiling point, then remove from heat. As you remove it from heat, add the flour and stir until smooth.
5

Beat eggs in a bowl. Temper eggs with a bit of the flour mixture. Beat the egg mixture into the flour mixture. Add almond extract then spread onto crust. Bake 55-60 minutes in a 350° oven. Let cool.
6

For the drizzle:
7

Mix together powdered sugar, melted butter, almond extract, and cream. Drizzle over pastry.