HINTS FROM HELOISE: The smell of coffee to get you going in the morning.
Dear Heloise:
Like so many “nonmorning people,” it’s hard for me to get up in the morning. So to get myself out of bed, I set the timer on my coffee maker to 6 a.m., and just the smell of fresh coffee in the a.m. gets me up and going. Ellen K., Barnard, Vt. Why do some recipes call for unsalted butter and others don’t seem to care? Does it really matter which one I use? Norma M., Dillon, S.C.
Norma, many baking recipes call for unsalted butter.
Some people swear they can taste the difference between salted and unsalted butter in their finished product.
If a recipe calls for unsalted butter but all you have is salted in your fridge, simply reduce the amount of salt you add to the recipe. Heloise