Tips For Softening Butter. The one Ive been using for years is a Thermapen. Alternately Martha Stewart recommends beating cold butter in the mixer with the paddle attachment to soften before adding additional ingredients.
Flip the stick onto another side and repeat for another 5 seconds. In quick succession tip the water out of the glass dry it and invert it over the chunk of. In her video she says.
Then roll it still between plastic wrap to a thickness of 14 inch.
Give it a water bath. Let the butter rest for five minutes then flip it over and move it to a different spot on the surface and let rest another five minutes. Remove it from the heat. Here is one way to soften butter quickly and evenly at home in 1013 minutes.