Short Dough for two (10‑inch) single crusts. 1⁄2 recipe Cheese Straw Dough. Vegetable oil spray. All-purpose flour for rolling. 1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water.

Rolling out a flaky pie crust is a pain in the ass. It’s temperature sensitive, needs beauty rest in the fridge, and even under the best conditions, it might crack under pressure. Well, good ...

My version has that old-fashioned feel, an easy-like-Sunday-morning breakfast from simpler times. But it also includes modern additions to help the short-dough bun end up as soft as any yeasted treat.