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Unpopular opinion: My aunt's slapdash butter softening trick works every time

She used to just leave butter on the counter for an hour, no microwave or fancy tricks. I thought it was too simple until I kept ruining cookies with melted butter. Now I just plan ahead and let it sit out, and my doughs come together way better. It saves me from a lot of greasy failures.
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annagrant
annagrant21h ago
Totally agree about planning ahead. I used to nuke butter for cookies and ended up with weird flat puddles instead. Just leaving it out is the only method that never messes up the texture for me.
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gavinw76
gavinw769h ago
Oh man, I thought nuking butter was fine, but your flat puddle story CONVINCED me!
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