My gram handed me a piece of advice about overmixing that totally shifted my pie crust game

She saw me working the dough for a full 5 minutes and said 'you're making bread, not a pie.' Now I stop as soon as the butter pieces are pea sized, even if it looks shaggy. Has anyone else gotten a simple tip from an older relative that flipped their baking around?

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burns.jenny9d ago

Stop as soon as the butter pieces are pea sized" is the exact trick I finally learned after making hockey pucks for years.

parker18310d ago

Did your gram also catch you using a whisk to stir coffee, or was that just me?

susan64910d ago

Told @parker183 I was just aerating it, which she did not buy for a second.