Softened Vs Melted Butter - Bakestarters

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Butter is a baking ingredient that can be used in many different forms and ways depending on how you want your baked goods to turn out. Many dessert recipes use softened or melted butter. Is softened butter and melted butter the same? Let's dig deeper into their differences, how we can achieve a particular consistency, and how to choose the right butter for your baking. Butter 101 Before we learn how butter is used in baking, let’s go back to basics: defining what butter is. Butter is a fat that results from vigorously churned cow’s milk or heavy cream. The churning process generates fat and liquid. The fat is then processed into a solid fat called butter. Meanwhile, the liquid is separated and fermented to be processed into buttermilk. Butter is favourable for baking and cooking because it has its