"Paul Giverin" > wrote in message
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> In message >, Vox Humana
> > writes
> >
> >"Paul Giverin" > wrote in message
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> >> If I were mix the flour and butter in a food processor, would that give
> >> the same results?
> >
> >That's how I would do it. I use my FP for short dough like pie pastry.
It
> >does a great job when the butter is very cold.
> >
> >
> Thanks, I'll give that a try next time.

I generally keep my butter in the freezer. I cut it into small pieces while
it is still frozen or still very cold, and then use the FP to cut them into
the flour. It only takes 5 - 10 pulses.