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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl

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Nancy
West Seneca New York
USA
9093 Posts

Posted - Dec 09 2006 :  06:07:16 AM  Show Profile
Can I use reg. butter in a receipe that calls for unsalted?
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl

1818 Posts

Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts

Posted - Dec 09 2006 :  06:34:27 AM  Show Profile
If you do, reduce or omit the salt you would normally add.
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl

1045 Posts

Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts

Posted - Dec 09 2006 :  06:52:35 AM  Show Profile
I urge you to find a brand that's unsalted, such as Land O Lakes, for baking. Sometimes the salted brands, especially the store brands, are borderline rancid; and the salt covers up some of the rancid flavor. Ugh.

Of the national brands out there available, I've found Land O Lakes in the blue box (unsalted) to be one of the most consistent in quality. I've never gotten a bad or soured batch.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl

4813 Posts

Julie
Russell AR
USA
4813 Posts

Posted - Dec 09 2006 :  10:24:27 AM  Show Profile
LOL is my favortie usalted outside of local butter!

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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Dec 09 2006 :  11:25:21 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I second Horseyrider's advice. Also another reason to switch from salted is that the salt content is not uniform in salted butters so it is very hard to judge how much salt to remove from recipes and in addition to hiding slightly rancid flavors it allows the dairy to sell a lower quality butter that has less flavor!
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl

1045 Posts

Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts

Posted - Dec 10 2006 :  04:31:39 AM  Show Profile
The other thing I like about Land O Lakes unsalted butter is it tastes the most like the beautiful butter which my dear old Jersey cow, Marigold, used to make for me. *sniff*
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl

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Posted - Dec 11 2006 :  8:16:12 PM  Show Profile
Cabot Creamery is not bad either, and Organic Valley is good if you can find it. I buy and freeze butter when it is on sale or I have a coupon and haven't really noticed a difference for baking.

with a happy heart
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl

404 Posts

Alison
Winnipeg Manitoba
Canada
404 Posts

Posted - Dec 11 2006 :  8:26:37 PM  Show Profile
I always use unsalted butter whenever I can. There's so much salt added to so many foods nowadays, so I always look for ways to cut out extra salt where I can.
And...salted butter makes the *yuckiest* icing. A while ago at work, somebody brought in a storebought birthday cake with "butter" cream icing. More like "salted butter" cream icing. It was horrible. Please, always use non-salted butter for baking!

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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl

1681 Posts

michele
farmingdale n.j.
USA
1681 Posts

Posted - Dec 12 2006 :  11:43:38 AM  Show Profile
I do it all the time, just use less salt.

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