Best Pastry Dough Blenders
If you’ve never used a pastry dough blender, sometimes called a pastry cutter, for your baking projects before, you’re really missing out. Yes, you can use your fingers, a fork or a knife to blend fatty ingredients, such as butter or coconut oil into dry ingredients, but a pastry dough blender creates a superior product. Using a pastry dough blender is quicker, cleaner and easier. Ready to give it a try the next time you make a flaky pastry crust or melt-in-your-mouth biscuits? Here are four different pastry dough blenders to consider, all available for purchase on Amazon.
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Best for Baking Families
SUMO Pastry Dough Blender
A Kid-Friendly Blender. The family that bakes together, stays together.
What We Liked
If baking is a family affair in your household, then you’ll likely want to purchase a pastry dough blender that is kid-friendly, without giving up any of the best qualities of a well-made pastry dough blender. This blender features a colorful, comfortable handle and thick blades that work without being dangerously sharp. Get it here.
Most Comfortable
Spring Chef Dough Blender
Baking Can Be Hard on the Hands and Arms. This blender’s ergonomic design makes pastry cutting a breeze.
What We Liked
All the rolling, cutting and mixing that baking requires can wreak havoc on your hands and arms, especially if you already suffer from pain in your joints. This dough blender features a comfortable, rubber handle, versus the steel handles some blenders sport, as well as an ergonomic design that makes sore hands and wrists a thing of the past. Buy it now.
Best Value
Last Confection Dough Blender
High Quality for Less Than $8. Start baking better on a budget.
What We Liked
Baking doesn’t have to be a high-priced hobby, even when it comes to upping your baking game with some high-quality equipment. This dough blender is less than $8 and is made of premium stainless steel, with five blades, for a quality that can’t be beat at a great price. Buy it here.
Best Multi-Use Option
Heavy Duty Pastry Blender and Dough Cutter with Blades by Zulay Kitchen
Go Beyond Pastry. You might just find a different use for this blender and cutter every day.
What We Liked
This stainless steel and high-quality blender and dough cutter does a great job when it comes to making pastries and other baked goods, but it does so much more. Use it to mash potatoes, make baby food, chop nuts and more. Get it now.