For the right consistency, wait till right after the almost
pea sized crumbs form a blob that refuses to move, then take it out.
Add in butter and using your fingertips rub the butter into the oat mixture until
pea sized crumbs form.
Add the cubed butter slices and pulse until
pea size crumbs begin to appear.
Not exact matches
Using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse
crumbs and the pieces of butter are the
size of
peas.
The mixture will start to form
crumbs, with some of the shortening and vegan butter remaining in about
pea size clumps.
Scatter the butter over the top and pulse just until the mixture forms coarse
crumbs about the
size of
peas.
When the butter has formed small
pea -
sized crumbs, slowly pour the the ice - cold water and rum in, a spoonful at a time, until a shaggy dough is formed which holds its shape when you press it (if necessary, add a teeny bit of extra water but try to use as little additional water as possible).
Cut the butter into the flour using a pastry blender or your fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse
crumbs with pieces of butter about the
size of
peas.
Add in shortening and mix until mixture forms
crumbs the
size of small
peas.
Using your clean hands, work in the softened butter until the mixture coarse
crumbs the
size of a
pea.
Pulse until butter pieces resemble coarse bread
crumbs (no larger than
pea -
sized).
Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour, scraping the butter off the blender as needed, until the mixture resembles coarse bread
crumbs with some
pea -
size pieces of butter.
Lightly sprinkle the fine crumbles over the toppings, then top with bigger
crumbs (you may need to press the small
crumbs together to create larger,
pea -
sized crumbs).
Using an electric mixer on low (I use a hand mixer), slowly beat in the butter until combined, moist, and
pea -
sized crumbs form.
Pulse in a food processor to coarse
crumbs with some larger
pea -
size pieces remaining.
Break apart
crumb topping into large
pea -
sized pieces and spread in even layer over batter, beginning with edges and then working toward center.
Use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour until the mixture forms
pea -
sized crumbs.