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Cut butter into flour, add ice water a spoon at a time
Cut butter into flour, add ice water a spoon at a time — step 1 of 5 in Apple Pie That Isn't Soup. 320 g flour, salt, sugar, 225 g cold cubes. Rub or pulse until pea-sized bits remain — those steam into flakes.
Free food & cooking tip: Cut butter into flour, add ice water a spoon at a time (step 1 of 5 from "Apple Pie That Isn't Soup").
320 g flour, salt, sugar, 225 g cold cubes. Rub or pulse until pea-sized bits remain — those steam into flakes. Sprinkle ice water until it holds when squeezed, not until it's a paste.
Two discs, wrap, fridge 1 hour (or 20 minutes in the freezer if you are impatient). Warm dough shrinks and gets tough. Flour the bench, not the entire bag.
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