When you read a
recipe, you might come to an instruction of "cutting
in butter". But what exactly does this mean? It is actually
quite simple.
Generally, you
have your dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, then you cut in
the butter. First, cut the butter into small pieces. Then
add it to the dry ingredients. Now, use a pastry cutter, or
if you don't have one, chill two non-serated knives and then
cut them crossways into the butter and dry ingredients. Continue
until the butter is in tiny pieces and fully coated in butter.
