Follow these methods to soften butter correctly for baking and more.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past, I was often indifferent about a recipe calling for softened butter. I would just throw a stick of cold butter in the ...

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, ...

Heating a glass bowl with hot water, then drying it and inverting it over your stick of butter creates gentle warmth that softens butter in about 10 minutes. This technique has become wildly popular ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Softened butter is easier to cream with sugar, allowing air to be incorporated into the mixture. The air bubbles that form then ...