How to Cut in Butter
Cutting in butter is a common term in baking, usually when making biscuits, scones, or some other pastry that needs to be flaky.
Cutting Butter into Flour is a simple technique and means incorporating the butter into the flour in such a way that little lumps of the butter remain whole within the flour mixture.
How to cut in butter without a pastry cutter? You can use a fork to cut in butter. EASY!!
Yield: -
- cold butter or solid shortening
- flour or other dry ingredients
Put the flour into the bowl.
Cut a cold stick of butter into small cubes. Add the butter to the flour.
Use a pastry blender (or a fork) to push through the butter and cut it into smaller pieces. Result will be better with pastry blender.
Keep pushing and rocking the pastry blender (or a fork) against the bottom of the bowl through the flour.
Keep working until the butter clumps are at least as small as small peas. Now it is ready to use.
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