Butter vs Margarine

In baking, there are two types of fat used by many, and that is butter and margarine. Butter comes from natural sources, being made from milk and it is churned to create the creamy solid that is used in baking and cooking. Margarine, on the other hand, is made from a mixture of a variety

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Reasons Why You Should Eat Butter

If you’ve eaten butter before, then you know for a fact that its velvety texture and creamy taste is hard to beat. You also know that butter has gotten a bum rap with talk of it being unhealthy and full of cholesterol as well as saturated fat. While most of this is true, the amount

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Butter Substitutes

When it comes to cooking and baking, some of the ingredients that we use may not be available or we may be allergic to one or more of them. Don’t let this stop you from enjoying good food. In the case of butter, if you are lactose intolerant or are trying to avoid dairy, there

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All About Butter

If there is one ingredient in baking and cooking that gives a world of flavor and texture to the food, it is butter. Butter is an ingredient that is used to bind ingredients together in baking as well as provide flavor and texture to food. When chilled, butter is pretty solid but when exposed to

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Pan Greasing Tips and Tricks

In baking, you will notice that a lot of the instructions you find in recipes require you to grease the pan. As simple as this instruction may sound, there are actually some things you should and should not do when it comes to doing this. Not greasing your pans the right way, or even not

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Bad Baking Habits You Have to Break

Baking is considered one of the toughest things to master. This is because baking is considered an exact science. Add too much of one ingredient and what you are baking will fail. Do one thing wrong in the process and the outcome will not be as you expected. This is why it is a good

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