Double butter from one block

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Hi cuca,

I've added your post to the earlier one about stretching butter so that you can read the suggestions.

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geordie_joe

cuca wrote: »

I read somewhere about stretching butter by whizzing up with olive oil.

Don't use olive oil, it adds flavour to the butter. I use a tasteless veg oil and it's fine.

I use one cup of oil to one 250g block of butter. Warm the butter in the microwave for a few seconds until it is really soft, or just melting, then mix in the oil.

It's easier if you have an electric mixer, but you can do it by hand.

I don't know if it works out any cheaper, but it is better.

geordie_joe

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

So, adding olive oil to butter will make the butter more expensive

Penny. x

But it will make Lurpak cheaper

And using veg oil instead of olive oil will make it even cheaper.

geordie_joe

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I prefer the taste of butter

Adding tasteless oil to butter doesn't alter the taste.

geordie_joe

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

That wasn't my point - if you want branded butter you're hardly likely to want to add oil to it

Why not? Lurpak Spreadable, or any spreadable butter is just ordinary butter with extra oil added, but they double the price. Buying ordinary butter and adding your own oil works out cheaper and produces the same result.

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I was looking at what you could do cheapest, and the OP asked about olive oil particularily

Yes, but the OP asked if buying ordinary butter and adding your own oil works out cheaper than buying spreadable butter, and all you did was compare the cost of ordinary butter with oil added to the cost of the same weight of ordinary butter.

You should have compared the cost of ordinary butter with oil added to the same weight of spreadable butter.

Penelope_Penguin

geordie_joe wrote: »

You should have compared the cost of ordinary butter with oil added to the same weight of spreadable butter.

That's me told then :rolleyes:

Steel_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

That's me told then :rolleyes:

:rotfl:

So don't do it again Pen [spank]

ceridwen

Dagnab it...I'm just about to make another batch of buttery bread spread and can't find my recipe for it anywhere....:mad:

I know I use a whole pack of butter - but can't recall exactly how much oil and how much milk I use with it....

Duh! <slaps head smilie>

Can anyone remember purlease?:D

ceridwen

S'okay....I've now found it.

Stand at ease....:)

zzzLazyDaisy

So would you like to share?

Pretty pleeeeaaaase???