This is butter that has been taken out of the refrigerator and allowed to come to room temperature, soften.
I used a hair conditioner to help soften my hair and make it more manageable.
I use Cocoa butter to soften my skin and give it a natural glow.
The heat caused the butter to soften. He softened his words when he saw how much they were hurting her.
A quick way to soften frozenmargarine or butter is to place it in a microwave oven on low power for a few seconds at a time until it is soft enough. However, if care is not taken in doing this, the result will be a puddle of liquid butter or margarine.
Most waxes will soften if you put it into a bowl of hot water. If you put butter into the same bowl, it will also soften.
Cocoa butter can harden due to temperature. If it is hardened, and not just dried out, you can warm it a bit. It should soften back up.
When combined with sugar, the fat referred to is usually butter or margarine. You microwave the butter/margarine for about ten-fifteen seconds, until it is easily malleable and can be stirred into sugar without huge lumps of just butter remaining.
Sniff it. Butter gone bad will have a rancid, stinky smell. If it still smells sweet, it's good to eat.
There are several ways to help soften rough hands. First is to wear gloves while cleaning as the chemicals in most home cleaners can remove the natural oils from your skin. Secondly is to avoid drying soaps by using a natural or organic soap instead. Lastly exfoliate and moisturize your hands with creams such as shea butter, cocoa butter, and petroleum jelly.
To correctly answer this I would need to see the recipe. But many frosting recipes require you to only soften the butter and never to melt it. In order to have a frosting turn out thick the butter needs to be softened. If it's melted it won't properly combine with the other ingredients.
i know this sounds stupid, but rub some peanut butter on your stomach, itl soften it up, regular butter might work. orrr, take a verrrrry hot bath =)
The opposite of soften is - harden