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, ...

In Baking Hows, Whys, and WTFs, food editor Shilpa Uskokovic will answer your burning baking questions and share her tips and tricks for perfect sweets. Today, how can you soften butter, quickly? I am ...

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 ...

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Of the things I seem to be constantly short on, time and planning are at the top of the list. That can be a problem when it comes to baking, especially around the holidays. Many recipes holiday ...

There’s no bigger baking disappointment than realizing you forgot to soften the butter. In the interest of eating cake as soon as possible, you might start to wonder: Does this butter really need to ...