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Rolling pin

noun

Utensil consisting of a cylinder (usually of wood) with a handle at each end; used to roll out dough.

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"Rolling pin" Quotes from Famous Books

... tray, add half a teaspoon salt, then cut small into it a teacup of very cold lard. Wet with cold water—ice water is best—into a very stiff dough. Lay on a floured block, or marble slab, and give one hundred strokes with a mallet or rolling pin. Fold afresh as the dough beats thin, dredging in flour if it begins to stick. The end of beating is to distribute air well through the mass, which, expanding by the heat of baking, makes the biscuit light. The dough should be firm, but smooth and very elastic. Roll to half-inch thickness, ...

— Dishes & Beverages of the Old South • Martha McCulloch Williams

... quite soberly, but Sally laughed, for she knew who the untidy girl was who had left the cups sticky. Then she turned up her cuffs, and with a sigh of satisfaction began to stir about her kitchen, having little raptures now and then over the "sweet rolling pin," the "darling dish-tub," or the ...

— Little Men - Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys • Louisa May Alcott

Words linked to "Rolling pin" : kitchen utensil