Can I freeze butter/margarine

glitterycloud

Ive had a look at previous threads and the indexed list but i cant seem to find an answer.
I have decided to bulk buy in margine/butter as i use it for baking but want to freeze it, can I?

apple_mint

I make and freeze butter no problem, and I've frozen purchased butter in the past. Sorry I don't know about margarine.

mirrorimage0

definatley butter but havent done it with marg.x

alibo

I haven't had a problem with any of the 'looks like, sounds like and tastes like' butter substitutes.

Jolaaled

I freeze Tesco's own brand sunflower marg and also their cooking marg..all fine!

jacky_horn

glitterycloud wrote: »

Ive had a look at previous threads and the indexed list but i cant seem to find an answer.
I have decided to bulk buy in margine/butter as i use it for baking but want to freeze it, can I?

Check the calories. If it is low cal, it means there is water mixed in and it does not freeze so well, though it won't kill you. Full fat marge freezes perfectly.

bootman

my home made butter freezes just great.

Swan_2

it's a good idea to freeze it in slices/small portions/the amount you need for a recipe, so you don't have to defrost a whole block/tub which you might not want to use all of at once, also small quantities defrost faster

demented_2

HI, I freeze both Butter and Margarine, I have had no problems with either of them. I freeze both the tubs and the packets of marg, still have some from November in the deep freeze. The packets of butter are just popped into a carrier bag and into the freezer. I usually buy 10 packets of butter, that lasts us about 1 month. Oh i nearly forgot, i buy both salted and unsalted. Hope thats of some use.

susyrosy

I want to freeze butter in smallish amounts, so I've always got an emergency supply for unexpected guests at the B&B. I don't want to be caught short.

So first of all, can butter be frozen? I prefer unsalted myself, but get semi-salted for guests. Would the presence of salt change the texture/longevity?

TIA

Susy

Bitsy_Beans

Nope I freeze it and it turns out fine when defrosted (and mine is salted).