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My grandma always said to use cold butter for pie crust, but I tried warm butter once and it actually worked better for me.
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lewis.brian5mo ago
Warm butter makes a crust tough, though.
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nina_hall485mo ago
That's interesting, warm butter working better for you. @lewis.brian says it makes it tough, which is what I always heard too. Cold butter is supposed to make those little pockets of fat for flakiness. When you used warm butter, did it still get flaky layers, or was it more like a shortbread cookie texture? Trying to figure out how that changed the whole thing.
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paul_ramirez5mo ago
Funny how these baking rules get passed down. My grandma swore by room temperature butter for her pie crust, and it always came out tender, not tough. Maybe it depends on the recipe or how you handle the dough.
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