Beating butter with a rolling pin is the quickest, most foolproof method for achieving evenly softened butter. A stand mixer or microwave are both effective tools, but proceed with caution to ensure ...

Love baking cookies or cakes like me? Softened butter’s your secret weapon! Melted butter mixes like a dream, unlike melted ...

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, ...

While many cookie and cake recipes call softened butter (or butter at room temperature), all too often we forget to pull it out of the fridge an hour before we're ready to bake. Why is its the ...

Sharon Lockley has over 20 years of experience as an editor and writer and has been contributing to Food & Wine since 2019. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to spread cold butter on a ...

Creaming butter and sugar plays a role in making baked goods light and fluffy. It's important to start with softened butter. Always scrape down the side of the mixing bowl to achieve proper texture.