Food Hack – How to Soften Butter Quickly!

I’ve actually had this very problem of having a too-hard butter for my bread just yesterday, here’s a simple way to soften your butter very quickly using a roller.

The best thing to do to soften your butter is to put it out on the kitchen counter for an hour before you have to use it. But sometimes we don’t think that far ahead. One popular solution is to put the cold butter in the microwave for 10 to 20 seconds. The problem with microwaving butter is that the microwave can heat the butter unevenly, and tends to over-soften or even melt the butter in places. You want pliable butter for beating, not almost melting butter.

via craftzine

2 Responses to Food Hack – How to Soften Butter Quickly!

1. jay huston says:

   April 22, 2009 at 11:13 am

   In other words, you have NO idea how to soften butter – without cutting-and-pasting someone else’s website.
2. max says:

   April 22, 2009 at 1:47 pm

   You could look at it like that or simply say this is a good way to soften butter, ideas don’t have to be re-created, they can be shared.