Chocolate Pastry Dough

• 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar
• 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons sifted pastry flour
• 13 cup almond flour (see note)
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder (see note)
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 9 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten

1. Combine the sugar, pastry flour, almond flour, cocoa, vanilla powder and salt.
2. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse sand.
3. Stir in the egg until the dough just comes together.
4. With floured hands, gather the dough into a ball, divide in two and form thick disks.
5. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.

powdered sugar, pastry flour, almond flour, cocoa powder, vanilla powder, salt, cold, egg

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6215 (may not work)