How to Use a Round Butter Keeper

Butter keepers can keep butter for 30 days at room temperature.

Nothing can ruin the perfect piece of toast or a warm biscuit fresh from the oven like a slab of cold, hard unspreadable butter. Butter can last at room temperature in a butter dish for a day or two but like all things dairy-based, it requires a modicum of climate control. That necessary control can be found in a butter keeper. The unique design allows butter to be kept fresh at room temperature for a prolonged period of time.

Things You'll Need

• 1/2 cup butter
• Butter knife or small spoon
• Round butter keeper
• 1/3 cup room-temperature water

Instructions

1. Pack the butter into the small basin located in the lid of the butter keeper with a butter knife or small spoon. Make sure the top of the butter does not extend past the edge of the ceramic basin.

2. Fill the bottom of the butter keeper base with 1/3 cup of room temperature water. It is OK to use cooler water, but it will eventually return to room temperature.

3. Place the lid of the butter keeper on the base with the butter pointing down. Once the lid and base make contact the water will provide a seal that will keep the butter fresh at room temperature for up to 30 days.

References

• Butter Keeper: Butter Keeper
• Reluctant Gourmet: Butter Bell Crocks and Keepers