Good butter for baking?

uropachild

Hullo! I have recently become addicted to baking and i've been using our lurpak spreadable, but obviously this is pretty expensive.

Are all butters the same? If i bought the cheapest butter out there would my baking still be as nice?

Ta!

seafarers_wife

for my general baking i use stork, and if its somethting really nice and treatwise i use basics butter be it tesco/sainsburys etc, just whatever works out cheaper!

Fruball

I use half stork and half basics/value butter - no difference in taste to me

kippers

I use stork marg, the soft spreadable one in tubs (not hard marg).

debtmess

use value butter here

glad i only buy cheaper ones, i stupidly put mine to softern on the radiator tonight, came back to a mess on the floor lol :rotfl:

pollys

I use Flora the original one.

seabright

I use Tesco value or Sainbury's basics for eating and baking. No difference that I can taste between those & the super-deluxe branded butters

Linda32

I use Sainsburys basic or Tesco Value butter as well.

Never tried a more expensive one.

emiff6

I find it depends what I'm baking. Cakes and biscuits that have flavouring added mask the taste of cheap butter very well, but for things like shortbread, there is a distinct difference in the flavour.

Paulie'sGirl

I use value butter (unsalted, so I have more control over the salt content) for all cooking/baking with. I use Lurpak slightly salted for spreading etc

I find the value stuff gives an exellent flavour

PGxx

RealButter

I always use real butter (spreadable butter has added oils etc). Unsalted too I find is best.