I love to bake, however my pie crust never turned out flaky. My mom said I needed to use cold butter. Well cutting cold butter my hand is time consuming and hard work. I picked up a pastry beater for my kitchenaid stand mixer. I used it to make a pie, it worked wonderfully for cutting cold butter into the dough. My pie crust turned out flaky and lite. My husband loved it. I’ve used it for croissants and cakes and cookies. Butter cookies  kitchenaid also included a scraper with the new attachment to clean dough from the beater. It’s silver coated and dishwasher safe. It also shreds chicken for chicken salad. I consider this a must have attachment.