You volunteered to bring your world-famous chocolate chip cookies to that backyard picnic your bestie is hosting. Cut to: It’s two hours before the party and you’re scrambling in the kitchen because ...

We’ve all experienced that moment of kitchen despair when you begin a baking project and realize you forgot to set out your butter for softening. We’ve also all been privy to the errors of stubbornly ...

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It happens all the time. I’m in the mood to bake, I’ve got a great recipe, all of my ingredients are on the counter, and then I read the dreaded words: butter, softened. My butter is rock hard from ...

Chef Elena Besser stops by the TODAY kitchen to share restaurant-approved hacks to make cooking easier, including a way to quickly soften butter, an easy way to shred chicken and more.Jan. 25, 2024 ...

Follow these methods to soften butter correctly for baking and more. Diving in on a baking project? Don't forget to soften the butter first! Softened butter is used in a variety of recipes, from ...

We've all been there. You're just about ready to bake and you forgot one critical step in the prep process — softening the butter. Kathryn Gordon, chef-instructor of Pastry & Baking Arts at the ...