Has anyone used this to make something like a pie crust, where you would blend flour and butter into a coarse meal, then add water?
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Yes, I just recently made a no-gluten pie crust. This little machine is very powerful, and convient. Just pulse the ingredients until the mixture comes together. DO NOT hold the button down, you'll burn the motor out. As soon as the dough was sticking together I did the rest of the work by hand. Hope this helps. Don't over load it. The Best, Truthful.
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The machine is not powerful enough- in fact if you load it over half way with nuts it starts to bog down- I believe you will burn out the motor if you try pie crust.
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Yes, I just recently made a no-gluten pie crust. This little machine is very powerful, and convient. Just pulse theingredients until the mixture comes together. DO NOT hold the button down, you'll burn the motor out. As soon asthe dough was sticking together I did the rest of the work by hand. Hope this helps. Don't over load it. The Best, Truthful.
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No but I've made a ton of pizza's on it. My dough recipe is a winner--4 C flour, 1 1/2 C water, 1T Salt 1T bakers yeast, 1 T brown sugar. I put it in breadmaker and press "9" for dough. This makes four 13" pizzas. When pressed for time i just buy the Boboli crusts at the grocery store. you can find a ton of recipes on line / youtube. One of the best food investments i've made (ranks among espresso machine, Weber gas grill, Boos cutting board and Pastry scraper)
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God, no. Pasta dough is sprinkled with flour before going through and that's why these are so easy to clean after. If you want to sprinkle flour on your pie crust you can but it's going to be more dry than what it should be. This needs to be dry when it goes through to get good cuts, especially with thinner cuts like spaghetti width.
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Sorry, but I don't know the answer to that, because I've never used it as a pie dish. I've always used it to microwave leftovers, with a cover on top. It'd ideal for anything with sauce or gravy (i.e. spaghetti & meatballs, beef stew, pot roast, corned beef dinner, etc. I can tell you, that it heats up nicely and cleans very easily, as does all Corelle dinnerware. If you baked in the oven, I have to believe it would brown the crust golden brown. Pyrex pie plates do the same, as well as, French White Corning cookware.
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I use a wooden pizza paddle. First, flour and corn meal goes on the paddle, generous amount so that the pizza will slide off easily. After forming the dough on the counter, place dough on the paddle, add toppings, and slide it onto the stone. Make 2 smaller pizzas rather than one large one, so it fits the size of the paddle. The corn will give the crust a crunchy texture. Hope this works for you.
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I just looked this up online and this would be fine to use in any of the recipes I saw. Looks interesting. I may try it myself. :-)
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I have no idea, it isn't something you would think of using to make a pie crust, but I suppose if you combined it with the right binders it would work.. I'm not sure it would be that satisfactory. I used it as mosltly a suppliment
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I use it for egg wash on pie crust. I hate to admit it, but I've never made my own bread. It does not leave streaks on the pie crust.
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How do you mean? I use the Perfect Flour blend with my pizza crust recipe and it is delicious. I also use this in my pancake and waffle recipes, and they (both) are phenomenal. Years ago, I began using the Namaste Foods Pancake and Waffle mix, which was the best and tastiest one I'd tried. Used that for several years, then braved my own recipes with the Perfect Flour Blend- I'll never use the package mixes again! In my current experience comparing home-made vs. just add oil and egg, there is a world of difference in taste, texture and appearance. Also, in converting one waffle recipe to gluten free, I found I had to add more flour to get it to cook through. How do you mean? I use the Perfect Flour blend with my pizza crust recipe and it is delicious. I also use this in my pancake and waffle recipes, and they (both) are phenomenal. Years ago, I began using the Namaste Foods Pancake and Waffle mix, which was the best and tastiest one I'd tried. Used that for several years, then braved my own recipes with the Perfect Flour Blend- I'll never use the package mixes again! In my current experience comparing home-made vs. just add oil and egg, there is a world of difference in taste, texture and appearance. Also, in converting one waffle recipe to... » Read More How do you mean? I use the Perfect Flour blend with my pizza crust recipe and it is delicious. I also use this in my pancake and waffle recipes, and they (both) are phenomenal. Years ago, I began using the Namaste Foods Pancake and Waffle mix, which was the best and tastiest one I'd tried. Used that for several years, then braved my own recipes with the Perfect Flour Blend- I'll never use the package mixes again! In my current experience comparing home-made vs. just add oil and egg, there is a world of difference in taste, texture and appearance. Also, in converting one waffle recipe to gluten free, I found I had to add more flour to get it to cook through. « Show Less
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I have ground almonds to make a pastry crust. It didn't come out super fine but was adequate for my purpose. I think I'd depend on how fine you need it.
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I've used it just like regular flour. I made pizzelle cookies for Christmas and they turned out fine, cookies too. I also made pancakes with it.
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I have not tried using it in place of flour. We use it like Bisquick, for biscuits and pancakes.I would imagine it would work. You may have to adjust the amount of liquid though, sometimes it's a bit sticky
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I am a pastry chef, so I do have some things you want to consider. You can use this by rehydrating the powder, as per directions, but the lack of fat (oils,moisture) is going to affect the texture. You should adjust the rest of the recipe by adding something that will bring moisture to the recipe and something that also acts as a tenderizer. If you just want to add it to a recipe that does not call for peanut butter, but you want the flavor, you won't have to worry too much about that.
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i haven't yet, but there is a recipe for it in the book that comes with it. the machine buzzes at the different stages so that you could add things or remove the dough at the correct phase.
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Either liquid or dry ingredients will work. I have used mine to make pie crust and handmade mayo among many other things. (My old work bowl was so worn, the flour would fly out of it like fine dust! Yuk. But this new replacement works beautifully. Happy cooking!
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I mix mine with a fork in just plain water and do a chore or two. In 10 min or so, I stir it again and it's nice and creamy!
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I have not. I have used this a number of times to make sourdough bread in the oven and it works well. Any whole wheat produces denser bread no matter the method of cooking.