![]() ![]() Salted butter lasts for just over 3 months in the refrigerator (that’s so long, right?). Tricky.ĭoes butter really go bad? Heck yes it does! Unsalted butter lasts about 1 month in the refrigerator. Salt can mask flavors! We may not be able to taste or smell if our butter is off because clever clever salt can mask funky taste and odors. That means that unsalted butter is typically fresher. Salted butter has a longer shelf life than unsalted butter. If all you have salted butter, try cutting the instructed salt amount in half.Īlso, salt is a preservative. When a recipe calls for unsalted butter, that means that the salt levels in the recipe account for no other salt source. Control is very important when it comes to flavor. Removing the salt from the butter equation puts us in control of salting. How are we to know how salty our butter is, and how we should adjust the salt in the recipe? It’s too much of a guessing game. Different companies add different amounts of salt to their butter. Most importantly: unsalted butter ensures that you can control the amount of salt you add to your cakes, cookies and Fig and Almond Breakfast Cake. If you’re baking a cobbler, you’ll most definitely want to reach for the unsalted butter. If you’re thinking about slathering your butter on a warm baguette, you’ll want to reach for the salted butter. You have a choice when you go to the grocery: salted or unsalted butter. Butter is generally about 80% fat, with the remaining 20% consisting of water and milk solids. ![]() Butter gets the job done!īutter is typically made from cow’s milk and consists of mostly butterfats. We should talk about why.īutter is my go-to fat in the kitchen. UNSALTED! Yea, I get opinionated about my butter. I’m not shy about sharing my affection for butter, but you may have noticed in the recipes here that I’m very specific about how I like my butter. ![]()
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