Definitions
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- adjective
comparative form offlaky : moreflaky
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Examples
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The less liquid used to accomplish this condition, the flakier will be the crust when it is baked.
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Two of the biggest line items are also on what you might call the flakier end of the "fact" spectrum.
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There are tight controls on opinion polls, but some "flakier" consumer surveys do seem to be aimed at attracting "easy headlines", according to Ben Page, chief executive of Ipsos Mori.
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The strudel is a bit like a quiche, in that it has a crust and an eggy filling, but a strudel dough is lighter and flakier than most pie crusts.
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Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit.
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The flakiness you experienced is another sign of aging, she said: As time goes by, the cheese loses moisture and becomes a little flakier or more crumbly.
Chat Leftovers: Crystals in her cheddar Jane Touzalin 2010
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Chicken pot pie ($14), true to its billing, had an intriguing, simultaneously flaky and tender crust (I prefer mine on the thinner, flakier side) atop moist chicken chunks, diced parsnips, carrots, and mushrooms swimming in a velvety, rich Supreme sauce.
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So-called “soft” flours common in the South such as White Lily or Martha White have fewer gluten-forming proteins than Northern flours and thus rise better in the oven and become flakier.
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Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit.
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“Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit.”
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