Spring Chef Medium Dough Blender Hand Tool - Durable Pastry Cutter - Black

I purchased this Spring Chef dough blender to replace an old hoop one for one specific purpose: making biscuits from scratch. Trying to blend partially frozen cubes of butter with flour using my old hoop dough blender was an experience in frustration as the metal loops would separate. Not so with this Spring Chef blender. The thing is built like a tank with a very solid feel to it. The blades of the blender are not sharp, but they are designed such that they easily cut into frozen butter and blend well without bending a bit. The handle has a cushioned feel to it, which is also a big improvement over my old tool that had a wooden handle. My only complaint is the handle on this blender is a little small for my adult male hand. It would have been perfect if the handle was about a half inch longer. Even still, it is a marked improvement over my old dough blender, and I highly recommend it. Spring Chef does sell a larger model, which I did not know when I purchased this medium size one, so if you have large hands you may want to look at their larger model which is available on the Spring Chef web site if Amazon doesn't have it. Now a word about customer service. After I purchased my dough blender I got an email from one of the co-founders at Spring Chef asking how I liked it. I wrote back pretty much what I said in my initial review above. I did not ask for anything and simply offered my opinion about the product. He immediately sent me an email back stating he would send me the larger blender, which he did. He wanted to make sure I was 100% satisfied with my purchase. Now you just cannot beat that level of customer service, and that is precisely why I ended up buying a new Spring Chef box grater shortly afterward and will check Spring Chef before I buy any other items for cooking. So here is the comparison of the two dough blenders. Dimensionally, the medium dough blender measures approximately 4-1/2 inches from the back of the handle to the furthest tip of the blade; the large dough blender measures 5-1/4 inches in the same dimension. The length of the handle on the medium blender measures approximately 3-1/8 inches in length across the outside (3 inches in length inside the handle); the larger blender handle measures 4-3/4 inches across the outside (4-3/8 inches inside the handle). So the larger blender not only has a larger handle, which makes for a far more comfortable grip in my situation, but it also is larger in blade size, too. I have posted pictures to compare the two side by side (that’s not rust on the blades, it is reflection of our pot rack from above). In summary, both the medium and large Spring Chef dough blenders are built very solidly and work extremely well. If you have smaller hands, or need to blend dough in a small bowl, the medium sized blender may work well for you. But I suspect most people will find the large dough blender to be more comfortable to use, especially if you have large hands. Regardless of which one you buy, you can rest assured Spring Chef stands behind the quality of their products and wants you to be 100% satisfied with your purchase.

Nice and sturdy and works perfect.

I love it. I was able to chop up some store bought chunky ckn salad into smaller pieces. Works Gr8t and the cost was good.

Excellent product! It’s sturdy, washes well in the dishwasher, and does the job!

Sturdy and well made, easy to use. It was a great replacement for one I had for decades.

We used to cut cold butter into flour by hand. Boy, that took so long to do correctly. This blender does a great job far faster than by hand. It's really durable but takes a few times using it to get the hang of it. We found that, for us, it works best rolling the blade as you press into the flour/butter mixture versus pressing in directly down and not rolling it. It's also simple to clean and relatively small for storage. A great find.

I haven’t even used this yet but when I do I know I’ll love it!! It’s sturdy and made well, with durable materials. I got the 3”. It fits perfect for my smaller hands.

While preparing to make our Christmas cookies which we have not done for a few years because it's a big 2 day process, we realized we couldn't find our pastry cutter anywhere. We had to run to the grocery store to get a couple ingredients anyways so I figured I'd just pick up a new one but to my surprise, they did not carry them! 3 stores, not a single pastry cutter to be found. We still had a few days before we were going to make our cookies so I hopped on Amazon to get 1 (actually I bought a couple so hopefully next year we will be able to find at least 1 of them). When it was time to make the cookies, we got one of them out and went to work. To be honest, there isn't much to say about pastry cutters, they are either strong enough to work or so cheaply made they don't. Fortunately, these worked perfectly! My stepdaugther had no issues getting the butter cut into the flour exactly as it should. The handle is comfortable to grip while cutting. Cleanup was easy as they just wash right up.

Very useful when I bake banana bread.

The pastry blender works very well and has a comfortable, secure grip. It feels very sturdy and well-made. The quality was exactly as described, and I am very happy with this purchase.

Quality of this blender seems sturdy. Yet to try it out.

But after washing I noticed the blades with light pressure seem relatively easy to bend. I did not press too hard. But making scones was the plan and using this to cut the butter into the flour mixture, but I just put that on the back burner as it is not a real meal, just a treat to do something like that or biscuits. I am not a pie maker or eater so that is not part of my plan. I am sure this will be fine. The cutter I currently have is a wire one and that one does the job and those wires move very easily. But still do the job. This probably will work just fine, my main goal was to just have something more sturdy than the old wired one.

Really pleased someone recommended this, so useful for anyone with arthritic hands