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In my experience, butter makes pastry taste richer, lighter and overall, just makes for a better pastry. Margarine leaves a plastic taste in my mouth and lessens the flavors of the pie filling. Also, margarines vary greatly, in taste and amount of water added. When cooked, pastry shells often come out poorly or fail completely. I believe butter is vastly superior to margarine in pastry.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoVegetable shortening, being pure lipid (fat), does not have an aqueous component, nor does it have any nutrients other than fat. Butter has a small amount of water and some milk solids in addition to the butterfat. These components, though small, contribute to the texture and mouthfeel of the finished product. Shortening will work, but you may not be happy with the result: it will be greasier and leave a waxy residue in your mouth.
If you do choose to use butter in a buttercream icing, may I suggest using unsalted butter. Butter manufacturers sometimes use salt to disguise a slightly lower-quality cream used as the starting product; unsalted butter likely started with a better-quality cream. Also, the amount of salt may vary from batch to batch of butter, yielding unpredictable results from batch to batch of icing. (Plus, salt is not always desirable in a sweet finished product such as icing.)
Occasionally, a recipe calling for unsalted butter also calls for a small amount of salt. You may wonder, why not just use salted butter? The reason is that with unsalted butter, you are able to control the amount of salt in the recipe, since as mentioned above, salt content varies from batch to batch of butter.
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∙ 10y agoOne disadvantage of using butter to make piecrust is that the butter may soften too much before the crust is baked, resulting in a soggy crust that is not flaky. Another disadvantage is that a butter crust may scorch more quickly than a lard crust. Pie crust is improved if at least a third of the butter is replaced with cold lard.
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∙ 10y ago1. It adds a highly desirable flavor, but is avoided because it is expensive and it melts easily, making the dough harder to work with.
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∙ 11y agoadd a highly desirable flavor and better melting qualities.
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∙ 13y agoAdvantages: wonderful taste. Disadvantages: does not create a flaky crust the way vegetable shortening and lard do. I have used butter in fruit tart dough with delicious results.
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What role do butter and shortening have in a pie crust?
Flour used for pie dough is all-purpose flour. This flour type is versatile for making a pliable, dense dough that will keep firm.
Why is pie dough called 3-2-1 dough?
3-2-1- dough is a type of pie dough, using 3 parts flour, 2 parts fat, and 1 part water.
How do you make uncooked apple pie in Runescape?
You make an uncooked apple pie from using dough with a pie pan and using a cooking apple with the pan.
Why would filo dough used for a meat pie come out tough and hard to cut and chew?
Lots of reasons, no butter or olive oil between the sheets of dough, not letting the dough thaw in the refrigerator etc.. It sensitive like a good pie crust
What does the recipe terminology cut in mean?
Sometimes a recipe will instruct you to "cut in" the butter. The goal is to end up with pea sized lumps of butter in the dough or batter. This technique is often called for in making pastry dough, pie crust dough or biscuits. The reason for this is that the small pieces of butter melt during baking, creating small air pockets. The best pie crusts are achieved this way. Do not use your hands to mix in the butter because it will warm it, and you want the butter to stay cool. You can use a food processor and pulse until you get the right consistency. Or you can use the back of a fork to press the butter into the other ingredients. Or two butter knives.
Why does the pastry in apple pie base not cook?
You can either use french pastry dough, located in the freezer of your local supermarket, or make your own pie dough. The typical receioe you will come across contains a combination of flour, butter, egg and water to moisten
How do you make a pie on Doodle God?
dough+apple=pie
How do you add strength to flour dough?
If your pie dough splits and is not cohesive more shortening or water will bind it for rolling pie dough.
How do you bake a red berry pie in rune scape?
To cook redberry pies, you need 10 cooking. And to get redberries and the stuff you need to make a pie, i recommend using the Grand Exchange. Firstly, get a pie dish, the pastry dough and the redberries. Use the pastry dough on the pie dish to get the pie shell. Use the redberries next on the pie shell to get a uncooked pie. Use the uncooked pie on a range, and you get your redberry pie.
What does butter do to a pie?
Butter makes the pie taste better.
Pie dough for 1 pie?
use flour and water together and choose thsecond dough (forgot name)
Pizza dough recipe for pudgies pies or pie irons?
To use either kind of campfire cooker, all you need to do is butter up two slices of bread, place each slice butter-side down on the pie iron, load it up with your favorite savory or sweet fillings and cook it over the campfire until it's nice and toasty.
