Question: How do you use a pastry cutter to cut shortening into the dry ingredients?
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Add the shortening to the dry ingredients. Use the cutter to lightly toss some of the dry mix over the shortening. Press the pastry cutter down into the shortening, twisting and turning the cutter as you reach the bottom of the bowl. Use the cutter to fluff the dry mix over the shortening again. Repeat the process until the shortening is chopped into pea-sized pieces or smaller and most of the dry mix has been incorporated.
Add the shortening to the dry ingredients. Use the cutter to spread the dry mix over the shortening. Stir the cutter around the bowl in progressively small circles until you reach the center of the bowl. Use the cutter to fluff the dry mix over the shortening again. Repeat the process until the shortening is chopped into all the pieces or smaller and most of the dry mix as been incorporated into the wet mix.
Answer: Add the shortening to the dry ingredients. Use the cutter to lightly toss some of the dry mix over the shortening. Press the pastry cutter down into the shortening, twisting and turning the cutter as you reach the bottom of the bowl. Use the cutter to fluff the dry mix over the shortening again. Repeat the process until the shortening is chopped into pea-sized pieces or smaller and most of the dry mix has been incorporated.