need homemade SOFT butter receipe
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Marianne
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This is scary. When I first posted how to make extended butter, some people ended up having a huge fight and beating up a new poster. So, here goes:
You can whip 1/2 cup of warm water (add slooowly) with one stick of butter, but it will be hard again after it's refrigerated.
You can also whip 1/2 cup of olive oil with one stick of butter, it won't be as hard as the water/butter mix. I could taste the olive oil, so I didn't care for this version.
I leave my butter out on the counter by the toaster. I never have had any go rancid, we use it up fast enough. I use a small plastic dish with a lid, so if it gets pretty warm in the kitchen and there's some melting, it's all contained.
You can whip 1/2 cup of warm water (add slooowly) with one stick of butter, but it will be hard again after it's refrigerated.
You can also whip 1/2 cup of olive oil with one stick of butter, it won't be as hard as the water/butter mix. I could taste the olive oil, so I didn't care for this version.
I leave my butter out on the counter by the toaster. I never have had any go rancid, we use it up fast enough. I use a small plastic dish with a lid, so if it gets pretty warm in the kitchen and there's some melting, it's all contained.
snapshot
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i leave mine sit out also except in the dead middle of summer. In the summer I take it out before I go to bed so it is soft in the morning--then it goes in the fridge. Sometimes I actually remember to take it out for dinner! 
Just sharing what I do. Never had a problem!
Just sharing what I do. Never had a problem!
hwillm1977
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We have a piece of pottery called a french butter dish... it keeps the butter at room temperature, submerged in water so it doen't go rancid but stays at room temperature. Change the water every few days and keep the butter full and it's great 
Also don't leave in direct sunlight or the butter will ooze out of the container
Here's a picture of a cutaway one I found online to show how it works... they are really common here, but we live in a french/english area:
Also don't leave in direct sunlight or the butter will ooze out of the container Here's a picture of a cutaway one I found online to show how it works... they are really common here, but we live in a french/english area:
FarmGirl
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We have one of those too and around here they are called butter keepers - we love it!hwillm1977 said:
Marianne
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Oooo, I want one!!
i_am2bz
Lovin' The Homestead
I'm one of the warm-butter people...my butter dish is out on the counter all year long, with no issues. (even in summer when it melts & runs outside the cover, 
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(even in summer when it melts & runs outside the cover, )
TanksHill
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They are also called Butter Bells. Lehman's carries them.
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and never have problems with butter going rancid.
BarredBuff
El Presidente de Pollo
I like it better set out as well, it wont go rancid to awful quick but its darn impossible to keep it soft in the fridge........
