The Clever Butter Hack You Need To Try For Flakier Baked Goods - Chowhound

Lizuca Hila / 500px/Getty Images Baking is all about the butter. The right butter brand, fat content, texture, temperature, and whether it contains salt or not, all significantly contribute to the quality of your final product. Flaky pie crusts and layered pastries like croissants call for butter straight from the freezer. Biscuit recipes almost universally demand chilled butter. Why? The cold butter flakes you…