How to Soften Butter - CHOW Tip

Описание: Baking recipes often call for softened butter, but if you put it in the microwave you risk butter soup. Leaving it out at room temp is fine if you've got lots of time. But when your butter is cold and hard and you want it to be warm and soft, just pound it.

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So when it comes to softening butter you've got three options. Out at room temperature for a while, in the microwave, in which case you get melty outside and cold core, or this way. So you just go ahead and start pounding on it and you know when you're done when, basically, this butter is so soft that you can drag your finger through it as if it were to spread on toast.