Title: Spicy Cream Cheese Pastry
Categories: Cheese Dessert
Yield: 1 Servings

2	c	All purpose flour
1/2	ts	Salt
2	ts	Ground cayenne
1	c	(2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled
6	oz	Cream cheese, at room temperature

In a bowl, combine the flour, salt, and cayenne pepper and stir together. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter and cream cheese to form a soft dough. Alternatively, combine the dry ingredients in a food processor. Add the butter and cream cheese and process with short pulsesuntil the dough just sicks together. Gather the dough into a ball, enclose in plastic wrap or waxed paper, and chill for at leat 30 minutes or for up to several hours. Makes top crust for 1 large pot pie, or 3 individual ones.

Origin: Cookbook Digest Jan/Feb 1993 Shared by: Sharon Stevens

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