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 ...

Temperature is a key part of baking, especially in regards to the ingredients. Everyone who’s tried to bake with cold butter ...

In Baking Hows, Whys, and WTFs, food editor Shilpa Uskokovic will answer your burning baking questions and share her tips and tricks for perfect sweets. Today, how can you soften butter, quickly? I am ...

There have been countless times when I’ve planned to bake something (like holiday cookies), but as soon as I scan through the recipe, I realize that it calls for softened butter and all I have is rock ...

Of the things I seem to be constantly short on, time and planning are at the top of the list. That can be a problem when it comes to baking, especially around the holidays. Many recipes holiday ...

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 ...

Let’s be honest: If a recipe calls for room temperature butter, very few of us will have remembered to remove it from the fridge several hours before baking. Unless you’re the type of person that ...

Love baking cookies or cakes like me? Softened butter’s your secret weapon! Melted butter mixes like a dream, unlike melted ...

Softened butter is the unbilled star of baking, the foundation upon which creations from giant cakes to melt-in-your-mouth ...

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 ...