June 6, 2012

How To Soften Butter Fast


*I posted this image on Instagram and have already had several phone calls asking me how I do it. So here are the super-dee-duper easy instructions.
  • Put hard butter into mixer.
  • Beat for a few seconds. Stop.
  • Blow hot air from hair dryer onto butter for 5-10 seconds. Make sure to move it around as you do it. you will see that the very thin top layer of the butter will start to melt.
  • Beat again to check for consistency. 
  • Repeat steps carefully 1 or two more times.
  • It doesn't take much so go easy.
And that is how you get soft butter on the fly. (Without melting the heck out of it in the Microwave!)

HAPPY BAKING!


5 comments:

Jaime said...

I'm totally going to do this! Thanks, babe!

Cathy said...

Awesome! One of those times when I say to myself, "Why didn't I think of that?".

The Farm-Marm said...

oh my heck. I could have used this 30 minutes ago when I nuked my butter to oblivion! LOL I love your blog! =)

Kristen said...

It also works really well to grate it first with the cheese grater

Kristen said...

It also works really well to grate it first with the cheese grater