Homemade rolls are a staple at my home during Sunday dinners and holiday meals, and smearing plenty of butter on the warm, pillowy rolls is easily my favorite part of eating them. Typically, I'll let ...

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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 ...

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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could always remember to soften butter before you needed to use it? Well, it’s good to dream. But if you live in the real world where nobody’s perfect (and last-minute snack ...

We've all been there. You're just about ready to bake and you forgot one critical step in the prep process — softening the butter. Kathryn Gordon, chef-instructor of Pastry & Baking Arts at the ...

If you use butter, you’re familiar with the dilemma of pulling a cold stick out of the fridge to use on toast or in a recipe that calls for softened butter. Throwing it in the microwave can lead to a ...

We’ve all experienced that moment of kitchen despair when you begin a baking project and realize you forgot to set out your butter for softening. We’ve also all been privy to the errors of stubbornly ...

“When you need softened butter,” she explained, “but you don’t have time to wait, grate it and it softens right up.” Grated butter is particularly delightful when you get halfway through mixing up the ...