On 4/16/2011 1:48 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:29:58 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> I learned this trick from The Two Fat Ladies: Freeze the butter. Cut
>> off the required amount (plus a tad more) and grate it on the large
>> holes of a box grater. The dad more is to compensate for what gets stuck
>> in the grater.
>>
>> I have used this method for pie crusts and biscuits and find it's the
>> easiest way to get the butter into tiny bits.
>
> Have you ever made pie crust in the food processor? I freeze or at
> least partially freeze the butter first anyway. Same with biscuits,
> use the FP to cut in the butter and they turn out fantastic.
>

Do you have a recipe for this method? I haven't had a full-sized FP for
a while and someone just gave me one.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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