0
When the recipe says to cream butter and sugar together is it bad to melt the butter first?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Yes, it is terribly bad and wrong to melt the butter first. Creaming butter and sugar together is just smashing them together until a butter and sugar paste forms, but the butter should remain cold.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoI would say it depends on how far ahead of time and what kind of butter / margarine you are using. If you are using regular butter, you would probably be fine, just put the mixture in the fridge until 1/2 hour before you will be using it (be sure to cover it tightly). If you are using something like margarine or spread that tends to separate, the results might not be quite as good. However, you will be beating it up again when you add the rest of the ingredients, so I suppose that might take care of any separation. In general, I guess you could, although I don't see the advantage. You will want a mixer when you add the egg, etc. also, so it doesn't save you having access to a mixer at a later time.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
First trifle recipe?
jelly and the litte cake rolss no cream or custard
When a recipe calls for cream what do they mean?
In baking, creaming is the first step in baking a cake, and the most important. Butter should be at room temperature, not melted. Beat the butter first in a large bowl, preferably with a wooden spoon, until it is creamy. Add the sugar gradually, and continue beating until the butter and sugar are fully combined with no lumps of butter showing. If done correctly, the mixture will be almost white. Whole eggs are added next, one at a time with the mixture being beaten well after each addition. The hard part is done, and the rest of the batter should go together more quickly.
Where can one find a recipe for homemade butter?
The first place to look for a homemade butter recipe would be your local library. Searching in archival books would be preferable as new book will not have much on this topic.
Why are homemade cookies grainy?
Your homemade cookies are grainy because the sugars aren't completely dissolved in the butter (or other fat). The first thing that you want to do when making cookies is cream the butter & sugars together using a mixer of some sort. You want to beat the sugars and butter until the butter is light in texture (kind of fluffy) and pale yellow in color. You shouldn't be able to see the grains of sugar in the butter anymore. It usually takes about 2 mins to achieve this. Then you add the eggs and beat some more (maybe another minute and a half-ish). Then continue as directed in your recipe. It sounds like maybe you're rushing the recipe and not beating/mixing the ingredients long enough. Hope this helps.
Who invented the first butter cow?
There are no butter cows, butter is made from cream, and the milk of all cows make cream. Butter was probably discovered when transporting cream to a market over a distance, maybe on donkey or camel back. The movement alone will turn cream into butter soon enough, as I discovered after buying cheese and cream from a dairy. After I arrived home, I had a pot of butter in the boot of my car, not cream. Some cows have been selected over the centuries for the creamiest milk, and today, the Jersey cows have the fattest content of all breeds. The locally made vanilla ice cream on Jersey Island beats any other.
Is there a recipe for orange frosting for my Halloween cookies?
Yes. First you need orange food coloring. (tasteless) Then you need powered sugar cream cheese. Mix all of the ingredients together. Then spread it on the cookie.
Does butter contain dairy?
Cream is part of the milk when it is first taken from the cow. If allowed to sit, cream will naturally float to the top of the milk and it can be skimmed off, so yes, I suppose cream has milk in it.
Will icing sugar and margarine make butter cream?
This is the recipe for simple butter cream Icing but you can use Margarine instead of butter. It is fantastic.1 1 lb. box (approx. 3 3/4 cups) C&H® Powdered Sugar1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened3 to 4 tablespoons milk1 teaspoon vanilla extractInstructionsIn large bowl with electric mixer at low speed, combine sugar, butter, milk and vanilla. Beat at medium speed 1 to 2 minutes until creamy. If desired, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency. The Recipe comes from C&H. This was the first recipe I used as a child when I iced my first cake. I like to double the recipe. If you are planning on using the recipe to do some extra decorating double it. If not, the recipe will ice a 2 layer 8" round cake or a 1/4 sheet cake.
What was the first cupcake recipe?
1 Cup butter, 2 Cups sugar, 3 Cups flour, and 4 eggs
What is divided butter?
Divided butter is just that, butter that is divided. Usually called for in baking or recipes which call for butter to be added at various stages. eg. 1/2 cup butter - divided, recipe calls for 2 tablespoons at first then add additional 2 tablespoon increments
How do you cream a mixture as in a baking recipe?
I'll assume you mean creaming as it would be mentioned in a baking recipie. To cream together butter/margarine/shortening and sugar: place the amounts of sugar and butter as directed by the recipe into a bowl and Method 1- using the back of a wooden spoon sort of mash and stir together the sugar and butter until it comes together into a cohesive mixture. Method 2- mix using a hand/ standing mixer on medium to medium high speed until everything is incorporated. Proceed with the recipie as directed.
Facts about Italian Cream Cake?
While the Italian Cream Cake has its roots in renaissance Italy, the first written record of it is first seen in Canada in 1913. It is not until 1937 that the first recipe of Italian Creak Cake surfaces in Plano News from Texas. Over the years the recipe has grown more complicated, though it is adored for its endless flavor combinations.
