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The Importance of Room Temperature Ingredients with the Creaming Method

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Baker Bettie's Better Baking Book

By Kristin Hoffman

Published 2022

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As mentioned in Chapter 4, there are certain instances in which it is very important that your ingredients are at room temperature before starting. Creaming butter and sugar together is one of those instances.

When butter and sugar are beaten together, a web forms that traps air within it. This can only happen if the butter is at the proper temperature. It should be a cool room temperature—somewhere around 68–72°F/20–22°C. The butter should give some when you press on it, but it should not look greasy or runny.

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