While it's much easier to use a stand mixer with a dough hook, you can make the dough by hand-just be prepared for a work out! Proceed with the recipe as written using a wooden spoon to stir it and your hands to knead the dough. The kneading times will increase when making it by hand. Once it's time to add the butter, make sure the butter is very soft. A bench scraper like this one or a dough scraper like this one can come in handy to help incorporate the butter into the dough as it gets really sticky.