Butter, unsalted
About the ingredient butter, unsalted. Including 1,871 recipes with butter, unsalted, nutrition data, where it's found, and video.
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What is butter, unsalted?
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, water and milk proteins.
Most frequently made from cows' milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. Salt, flavorings and preservatives are sometimes added to butter. Rendering butter produces clarified butter or ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat.
Butter generally has a pale yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white. Its unmodified color is dependent on the animals' feed and is commonly manipulated with food colorings in the commercial manufacturing process, most commonly annatto or carotene.
Baking
Unsalted butter fills several roles in baking, where it is used in a similar manner as other solid fats like lard, suet, or shortening, but has a flavor that may better complement sweet baked goods. Many cookie doughs and some cakebatters are leavened, at least in part, by creaming butter and sugar together, which introduces air bubbles into the butter.
The tiny bubbles locked within the butter expand in the heat of baking and aerate the cookie or cake. Some cookies like shortbread may have no other source of moisture but the water in the butter.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size cup (227g)Where found
Butter, unsalted is usually found in the dairy section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Butter, unsalted is a member of the Dairy and Egg Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does butter, unsalted weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 227 grams |
| 1 tbsp | 14 grams |
| 1 pat (1" sq, 1/3" high) | 5 grams |
| 1 stick | 113 grams |
Related
Dairy and Egg Products
| In Chinese: | 牛油，无盐 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | beurre non salé | |
| en español: | de mantequilla sin sal |
Recipes using butter, unsalted
There are 1871 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Easy Christmas Cutout Cookies
These Christmas cutout cookies are so easy for you and your kids to make together, and they taste so yummy too!
Eggs Baked in Peppers
Eggs, simply baked in sweet red bell pepper served with tomato sauce. Just 3 ingredients create a delightfully creative breakfast or brunch that even kids like.
Oreo Cookie & Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
Store-bought chocolate ice cream mixed with toasted walnuts and dried cherries, with homemade oreo cookies make these addictively delicious ice cream sandwiches that will for sure please your sweetest tooth :)
Simply Refreshing Summer Lime Tart
You can decorate this easy tart to look so elegant, your guests will be impressed.
Turkey Scallopini & Squash Ravioli with Cranberry Brown Butter
Turkey Scallopini and Squash Ravioli with Cranberry Brown Butter recipe
Mini Roasted Leek, Onion & Navy Bean Galettes
These rustic pie like galettes were so delicious. Buttery crust and a delicious filling made with roasted leek and onion, and creamy navy beans. It didn't last long. Yum.
