Dark chocolate chips dot this tender buttermilk dough, which bakes into plump rounds. Sugar-dusted tops give the outside ...

Add butter and, working quickly, use your hands or a pastry blender to cut butter into flour until pea-size clumps form. In a small bowl, beat egg and yolk with 3 tablespoons ice water.

Mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in 5 tablespoons of the water, until just moistened.

Once you’ve got a good mixing bowl, use the pastry blender to press the blades into the butter until it is integrated into ...

In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Lightly beat the egg with the water and sprinkle over the flour ...

Make the pastry crust: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until it is the size of peas and the mixture holds together when you squeeze it.

With a pastry blender or 2 blunt knives, stir the mixture. 3. Add the butter and cut the butter into the flour mixture with the pastry blender or blunt knives until the mixture resembles crumbs.

In a large bowl, mix the four, shortening and salt with a pastry blender until crumbly, and the bits of flour are fate and the size of peas. Sprinkle the ice water over the mixture, starting with ...

Put the pistachios in a blender and grind until a relatively smooth paste forms. Transfer to a bowl and mix with the melted chocolate. Step 2. Unroll the puff pastry on the counter and cut it into ...

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