LPT: If you need softened butter for a recipe, cutting up your cold butter into small pieces first will speed up the process.
LPT: If you need softened butter for a recipe, cutting up your cold butter into small pieces first will speed up the process. You can also microwave it a few times in short (2-3 second) bursts if you’re really impatient! Grating butter on a box grater softens it even faster but this works best with frozen butter.
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