Finally, if all else fails, you could use the water-displacement method. Just fill a 2-cup measuring cup with water up to the 1-cup mark. Then begin adding butter, which is not water-soluble, so ...

Schmidt continued, “That was the U.S.’s butter stick shape until the 1960s, when California started to surpass the midwest in dairy production.” Butter. getty (2) ...

This may take five to 20 minutes of heating water in a tea kettle and flipping sticks of butter, but it sure beats waiting overnight (or risking your recipe on a pool of over-microwaved melted ...

The chef recommends using room temperature butter. “Don’t try to make it all taste the same,” Mr. McFadden said. “Find pockets of sweetness, pockets of salt.” ...