pastry cutter

Fluted edging tool

A pastry cutter is a kitchen tool for cutting fat into flour when making pie crusts, biscuits, or scones.

It typically has a handle attached to several curved metal blades or wires that slice through butter or shortening, blending it with dry ingredients without warming it from hand contact.

Also called a pastry blender.

Related

crimper · fluted edge · butter · stainless steel · measuring cups · shortcrust · flaky · knife · crumbly · spatula · mixing bowl · dough preparation · shortening · whisk · fingertips · blind baking · lattice top · sieve

Categories
Family

cutting, paste, pastry, pastel, pasty, cutter, pasting, pasted, pastries

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G