Hands grating butter with a cheese grater into bowl of flour - New Africa/Shutterstock Suddenly realizing that a recipe you're preparing calls for a stick of softened butter can leave any home cook in ...

Is any baking snafu as frustrating as when you're about to whip up some delicious treats and realize belatedly that a recipe calls for softened butter? While some folks challenge food science ...

If you've ever decided to bake a batch of cookies at the last minute, you know that bringing a stick or two of butter to room temperature safely and quickly is important—but it's also tricky business.

It’s easy to think of butter as just butter. But, in baking, temperature completely changes how it behaves in your dough or ...