Softening butter is an important step for many baked goods. Using butter while it's cold, softened, and melted all achieve drastically different results when baking. Softened, or room temperature, ...

There have been countless times when I’ve planned to bake something (like holiday cookies), but as soon as I scan through the recipe, I realize that it calls for softened butter and all I have is rock ...

If you’ve got drinking glasses in your kitchen, you’ve got a fantastic tool for softening butter in a hurry. Use a warm glass or glass bowl to gently soften butter without melting it. Cut cold butter ...

It’s easy to think of butter as just butter. But, in baking, temperature completely changes how it behaves in your dough or ...

Smashing butter flat with a rolling pin softens it in just a few minutes. Flattened butter warms consistently, avoiding the uneven heating of microwaving. Room-temperature butter is essential for ...

Use a warm glass or glass bowl to gently soften butter without melting it. Cut cold butter into cubes to speed up softening at room temperature. Avoid direct heat or high microwave power to prevent ...