Instructions: 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 pulses until the dough just sticks together.

Gather the dough into a ball, enclose in plastic wrap or waxed paper, and chill for at least 30 minutes or for up to several hours.

See "Vegetable Pot Pie With Spicy Pastry" (recipe included in this collection) for ideas on how to make this pastry work for you.

This recipe makes top crust for 1 large pot pie, or 3 individual pies.

Comments: Use to top any stew for a pot pie. For a plain crust, omit the cayenne.

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