Butter is sooo hard when I first take it out of the refrigerator. It’s impossible to spread. Also, I never seem to think about setting it out ahead of time to soften when I want use it in recipes. I could be imagining it, but I think that cold butter is harder today than in the past.
In any case, I was pleased to find a hundred-year-old tip for softening butter:
When butter is too hard to spread easily, turn a heated bowl upside down over the butter dish for a few minutes. This will thoroughly soften the butter without melting it.
Cookbook (Published by the Bethany Shrine Patrol No. 1, Rochester NY, 1923)
I will have to try this!
Great idea. Microwaving does not work well.
Fantastic trick! In all my baking reading, I have never come across this hint, so this hundred-year-old tip was appreciated.
I’m so going to give this a try!
That seems a great idea! Thanks.
That is a neat trick. I hope I remember it.
Great idea!
This is definitely going to be tried out – maybe even tomorrow at breakfast!