OXO Good Grips Dough Blender

This thing is brilliant. Make pastry in a fraction of the time. Don’t think twice, get one!

Making pie crust is a popular topic of conversation for many bakers. I have used the store bought piecrust, and that is full of chemicals. I learned to make my own pie crust from Martha Stewart's Pate Brisee recipe. It is flour, salt, butter, a tsp of sugar and ice cold water. You want everything to be very cold, so I cut the butter into pats and then put in the freezer. I use ice cubes in the water.I first learned to make this by hand,cutting the butter into the flour with my fingers. It is time consuming, but you get the feel of how the flour feels when it is at its best. I, then, started to make this in my food processor. That works wonderfully well, but the butter is over processed. Then, someone told me that for her best pie crust, she uses a dough blender, and she recommended the OXO. Most of my kitchen tools are by OXO, so I knew this would be quality.This dough blender is perfect, the blades are well made, and sturdy. I proceeded with my recipe, it was very easy to cut the butter into the flour with this blender. The dough felt good, and the apple pie I made had the best crust I have made since I started making pie crust. It is not time consuming, you use few ingredients, and it is good to have the feel of the pie crust. Lots of compliments on the apple pie. Now, it is time for Thanksgiving, and I am thinking if the pies I will make.Recommended. prisrob 11-10-14