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Trade Secrets From "Baking With Julia"

Land O'Lakes is a proud sponsor of the new PBS series, "Baking With Julia," hosted by Julia Child and featuring the country's premier professional bakers and pastry chefs. Here Julia Child shares her butter basics for better baking.

When your recipe calls for softened butter, place the butter between two sheets of waxed paper and hit it a few times with a rolling pin.
When making pastry dough, cut the cold butter into the flour until the butter pieces range in size from bread crumbs to tiny peas. The small pieces will make the dough tender, the large pieces make it flaky.
For a great cake with a soft and tender crumb, make sure to beat the butter and sugar together until they're light and satiny. When you rub a bit between your fingers, the mixture should feel smooth.
When setting up for a day of baking, keep a bowl of softened butter and a pastry brush close at hand to make fast work of buttering cooking sheets and cake pans.

Bakers "kneading" a helping hand in the kitchen can call the Land O'Lakes Holiday Bakeline, 1-800-782-9606, from November 1 to December 24, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CST). All Bakeline callers receive a free "75 Years of Baking Memories" recipe leaflet.(NAPSI)

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