Cut butter into flour

Step 2: Cut butter into flour

Mix 1 teaspoon sugar into 1/2 cup flour, and then add 1/2 a stick of butter. If you have a pastry cutter, great, but if not, two dinner knives work just as well. Cut the butter into small pieces, sliding the knife blades across each other to catch all the pieces. The pieces don't all have to be completely mixed into the flour, but they should be roughly the same size; you should end up with a crumbly texture.