How to Cream Butter in a Blender

Creamed butter needs to be refrigerated when not being used.

Baking recipes that call for creaming butter are asking you to finely blend butter with ingredients such as sugar. Creaming will leave you with a fluffy, airy mixture, the perfect start for a light cake or delicious frosting. It is important to begin with true butter, as margarine may separate and fail to give you that mouth-watering butter taste. One popular method for creaming butter is hand-blending, but it takes considerable time and patience. Cream your butter quickly by using a blender to combine the ingredients.

Things You'll Need

• 1 stick of softened butter
• Butter knife
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• Long-handled wooden spoon

Instructions

1. Remove any paper wrappers on the butter. Cut one stick of softened butter into 1-inch-wide slices.

2. Drop three or four butter slices into the blender. Sprinkle in 1 tbsp. of the sugar. Place the lid on the blender and blend the two for 20 seconds.

3. Add three more slices of butter and 1 tbsp. of butter to the blender. Blend for 20 seconds. Use a long-handled wooden spoon to mix up food at the bottom of the blender. Continue adding butter and sugar until the mix is well blended.

Tips & Warnings

• Add 1 tsp. of vanilla extract to give the mix a little moisture.

• Don't melt butter in the microwave to soften. This type of cooking may break down the butter, leaving it oily and runny.

References

• What's Cooking America; Buttercream Icing; Peggy Weaver
• Men In Aprons: How to Cream Butter and Sugar