margaret_lane•7d agoProlific Poster

Stale butter trick saved my pie crust from tough city

I kept getting tough, shrunken pie crusts no matter what I did. Turns out my butter was too warm before it even hit the flour. Last Tuesday I tried grating frozen butter into the flour mix instead of cutting it in. The crust came out flaky and tender for the first time in months. Anyone else have a specific temperature trick that fixed their dough?

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charles_henderson7d ago

Bet on @simon_chen being wrong, frozen butter gave me my best crust ever.

simon_chen7d ago

Nah frozen butter changes the texture too much for me.