Butter melted then soften

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If butter is melted then refrigerated to soften consistency will it have the proper results if recipe calls for soften butter?

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Best Answer

No, it will not. Butter which has melted once will never again be the same after it resolidifies, so recipes assume you use butter which has never been melted. Also, when you try to warm up cold butter or also cool down warm butter quickly, the result seldom do well in baking, you get some weird behaviors like butter which smears instead of creaming well.

When the recipe needs softened butter, you should leave it on the counter at least overnight, if not longer. Shorter timespans can work, but get progressively harder to deal with, and placing the butter in an even warmer place to speed it up is counterproductive.



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Can you turn melted butter into softened butter?

To save partially melted butter, place it in a bowl with a few ice cubes and stir. In less than a minute, the butter will quickly cool and solidify to the soft texture you are looking for. Simply remove the ice cubes and proceed with the recipe.

Can you use butter that has melted and solidified again?

Butter may look totally amorphous, but there's actually a fair amount of structure in the fat, in particular fat crystals that make it firmer. Melting it disrupts all that structure, and it can't regain it just by resolidifying, so the structure of previously melted butter really is different.

Does melted butter work the same as softened?

Since it is not being creamed and aerated nor kept in cold pieces that create steam in the oven, melted butter does not serve the same roll in leavening pastries as softened and cold butter do. However, it does still play a roll in the texture. For instance, using melted butter in a cookie recipe will make them chewy.

How do you soften butter after melting it?

Instructions
  • Pour 2 cups of water into a microwave-safe cup or bowl. I always use a liquid measuring cup.
  • Microwave it for 2 minutes until very hot. ...
  • Very carefully remove water from microwave. ...
  • The radiant heat will soften the butter in about 10 minutes.



    • How to Soften Butter | You Can Cook That | Allrecipes.com



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