Butter pros and cons
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »The only worthy ingredient for great cookies. Half and half butter and shortening is what I use most often.
Use it to pan-sear steak. No fat browns as beautifully in the pan as butter.
Measure judiciously. Fat is lovely but the calories add up quickly.
BTW, my son used to eat stick butter like cheese. It didn't hurt him.
Did he like the taste?
I hear a common fair food is deep fried butter, so I guess plenty of people might like it.
whoa, i don't know about that, also, how does that not melt??
You freeze it first, I hearThe only worthy ingredient for great cookies. Half and half butter and shortening is what I use most often.
Use it to pan-sear steak. No fat browns as beautifully in the pan as butter.
Measure judiciously. Fat is lovely but the calories add up quickly.
BTW, my son used to eat stick butter like cheese. It didn't hurt him.
Did he like the taste?
I hear a common fair food is deep fried butter, so I guess plenty of people might like it.
whoa, i don't know about that, also, how does that not melt??The only worthy ingredient for great cookies. Half and half butter and shortening is what I use most often.
Use it to pan-sear steak. No fat browns as beautifully in the pan as butter.
Measure judiciously. Fat is lovely but the calories add up quickly.
BTW, my son used to eat stick butter like cheese. It didn't hurt him.
Did he like the taste?
I hear a common fair food is deep fried butter, so I guess plenty of people might like it.
whoa, i don't know about that, also, how does that not melt??
You freeze it first, I hear
Deep fried butter
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"Deep-fried butter's flavor has been compared to that of French toast, and as like "the most buttery bread you've ever had."[5] It has been described that the butter mostly melts into the mix when it is cooked.[2] It may be prepared using whipped butter,[5] which is less dense compared to standard butter. When consumed, stray liquefied butter inside the product may ooze from the product onto one's face and fingers.[1][2]"
you guys
I love how they have a citation for, "When consumed, stray liquefied butter inside the product may ooze from the product onto one's face and fingers."
That's how you know it's legit.
Yep. I am not a big wikipedia fan, but it sure helped in a jiffy this time.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Or, you use all butter, portion your dough with a cookie scoop to get nice mounds, and chill (or freeze) before baking.
Perfect. Friggin'. Cookies.
Crispy edge, chewy center, cooks long enough to for the brown sugar to take on that toffee flavor.0 -
Now I really want to bake cookies.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Or, you use all butter, portion your dough with a cookie scoop to get nice mounds, and chill (or freeze) before baking.
Perfect. Friggin'. Cookies.
Crispy edge, chewy center, cooks long enough to for the brown sugar to take on that toffee flavor.
Really? Maybe these are the secrets that will make my puffy chocolate chip cookies flat.0 -
You just reminded me that I'm out of butter.
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It's easier for us just to go with half of each for the chocolate chip cookies since we're often already refrigerating sugar cookies at the same time.DeguelloTex wrote: »
Or, you use all butter, portion your dough with a cookie scoop to get nice mounds, and chill (or freeze) before baking.
Perfect. Friggin'. Cookies.
Crispy edge, chewy center, cooks long enough to for the brown sugar to take on that toffee flavor.
That is what I do with my steak, though, since I like it charred and blue rare.
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me too, i really want a baguette0 -
I love butter, real butter, and eat as much as I can when I can
Which actually isn't much.
I do sometimes use the butter spray to save up calories... pick and choose you know?
But real butter... YUM!0 -
love butter i normally use unsalted grass fed butter on occasion i get the salted one depending on cost helps keep my fat intake up0
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I haven't been cooking with butter much lately because I'm down to my last 5lbs and it's just too calorie dense to eat all the time, but I can't wait for maintenance because cooking eggs and veg in butter is divine.0
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Oh, I needed my morning giggle!
My guy brings the butter home straight from the creamery, though..0 -
I use butter w olive oil in it. spreadable. I use it sparingly but I love butter0
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This is taking me back to my days in kindergarten when we learned about farms and food. Our teacher brought in heavy cream, and we churned our own butter. "Churned" was actually filling mason jars and taking turns shaking it up. So much shaking, or at least that's what kindergarten-me thought. It was fantastic, and we all had buttered saltines as a snack.
I wonder how many calories are burned when making mason-jar butter? Hmm. . .0 -
This is taking me back to my days in kindergarten when we learned about farms and food. Our teacher brought in heavy cream, and we churned our own butter. "Churned" was actually filling mason jars and taking turns shaking it up. So much shaking, or at least that's what kindergarten-me thought. It was fantastic, and we all had buttered saltines as a snack.
I wonder how many calories are burned when making mason-jar butter? Hmm. . .
ALL OF THEM!
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Now I really want to bake cookies.
Truly "chocolatey to the point of madness."
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/totally-chocolate-chocolate-chip-cookies-29
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kshama2001 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Now I really want to bake cookies.
Truly "chocolatey to the point of madness."
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/totally-chocolate-chocolate-chip-cookies-29
Must have these NOW....0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Now I really want to bake cookies.
Truly "chocolatey to the point of madness."
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/totally-chocolate-chocolate-chip-cookies-29
Now I have to make these.
If I die, tell my family to bury me with my cookies.0 -
If it's going to be spread on crunchy, hot bread then I think Kerrygold butter is worth the extra $.0
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BTW, my son used to eat stick butter like cheese. It didn't hurt him. Did he like the taste?
Must have! He grew out of it though.
And yes, @DeguelloTex , my cookies did disappear very quickly.0 -
I don't eat a lot of butter, but I really enjoy it when I do. I haven't touched margarine since I saw that video where the ants wouldn't eat it.0
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How long can you leave butter out of the fridge? Not very spreadable when I am making sammies in the morning
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debsdoingthis wrote: »How long can you leave butter out of the fridge? Not very spreadable when I am making sammies in the morning
Get a butter bell.0 -
I keep mine on a (covered) butter dish on the kitchen counter and never put it in the fridge.0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »i use butter where butter is called for...i use olive oil where olive oil is called for...etc, etc, etc...
just realize that it is fat...it is calorie dense...so your consumption should reflect that.
Exactly this.
I never was on the anti-butter bandwagon, though. If anything I used to use too much butter, so I have cut back in losing weight.0
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