Category "butter"

Using applesauce to sub for butter in biscuits

I know that the general rule is that you can use half the amount of butter or oil a recipe calls for and replace the other half with applesauce. My question is,

I accidentally added butter into flour/cocoa powder/baking soda without beating first

I am making cookies and accidentally added my butter directly into my dry ingredients. Now I have chunks of butter and dough that is basically powder. Is the

Beurre Blanc and Beurre Monte difference

I know that beurre blanc is made with shallots, an acid and butter, while beurre monte is made by just whisking butter in a bit if boiling water. However, I ca

Butter in coffee

Several years ago, a friend from Ethiopia suggested I try butter in my coffee. He said it reduces the bitterness. It did and is now my favorite way to drink i

What to do with leftover cream after churning butter?

I used a manual butter churn for the first time and made delicious butter. Yay! And it left behind something that resembles milk... It's lighter than the heavy

What to do with butter that has been mixed with baking soda?

I was making sugar cookies andI had a baggie that had about 1/2 cup or more of baking soda in it but I thought it was powdered sugar so I added it to my butter!

Soften fats for buttercream

I am trying to make a stable buttercream and I am using butter and shortening [in the UK we call it trex or cookeen]. However, in this cold weather the fats a

What causes butter to "hiss" in the frying pan until I shake it?

When frying an egg, I drop about a tablespoon of room temperature butter in the frying pan and turn it on medium flame. As it's melting, it starts to make a his

Why do you need raw milk to make butter?

I was reading about making butter at home and all the recipes called for raw (I presume this means unpasteurised) milk. Why is this? They also said to wait fo

How to mix butter with meat

I work in a burger factory and I have a question about a product we are trying to produce. We want to create a burger patty with butter in it. But when we mix a

How to soften homemade butter [duplicate]

I like to make homemade butter from cream using a churn, but it's super super stiff and I can't spread it on food without ripping it apart. Is

Making hashbrowns with butter?

I'm wondering if anyone has had success with hash browns by the way of butter. I've read certain sources claim that it's OK to use butter, some suggest only us

Butter spatters more than others

I usually use one kind of unsalted butter from the grocery store but my wife bought another brand for no known reason. I heated a tablespoon in a pan today and

How to increase butter fat prior to browning?

I like to create recipes utilizing Brown Butter however when I am in other countries outside the USA the butter fat is lacking. May I add heavy cream to the lo

How can I break an emulsion making carotene butter?

I am making carotene butter by mixing clarified butter and carrot juice. The idea is that I now need to separate the carotene infused butter from the juice. Th

Can I add seasoning to the beurre manie?

I want to thicken my curry but I also want it to have a lot of gravy/liquid - yet flavoured, not watered. I'm going to make some beurre manie. Can I add curry

When do you add spices to homemade butter?

I have looked up many homemade butter recipes. I know how to make plain butter. I have seen some recipes with herbs added and other seasoning. They don't say wh

What is the right consistency for ghee?

Some of ghee I find in stores has liquid on top (with some solids floating about), while in other brands it is completely solid (both jars are stored at the sam

Does the "Game of Thrones" browned butter pie crust technique make any sense?

In yesterday's Game of Thrones episode ("Stormborn"), Arya Stark compliments the young character Hot Pie's most recent pie. He replies The secret is brownin

Can you use both melted and creamed butter for cookies?

I've been reading up on cookie science, and read that melted butter makes a denser cookie, and creamed room temp butter makes a cakey cookie. I'm looking to mak