Butter, unsalted
About the ingredient unsalted butter. Including 1,866 recipes with unsalted butter, nutrition data, where it's found, and video.
What is unsalted butter?
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, water and milk proteins.
Most frequently made from cows' milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. Salt, flavorings and preservatives are sometimes added to butter. Rendering butter produces clarified butter or ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat.
Butter generally has a pale yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white. Its unmodified color is dependent on the animals' feed and is commonly manipulated with food colorings in the commercial manufacturing process, most commonly annatto or carotene.
Baking
Unsalted butter fills several roles in baking, where it is used in a similar manner as other solid fats like lard, suet, or shortening, but has a flavor that may better complement sweet baked goods. Many cookie doughs and some cakebatters are leavened, at least in part, by creaming butter and sugar together, which introduces air bubbles into the butter.
The tiny bubbles locked within the butter expand in the heat of baking and aerate the cookie or cake. Some cookies like shortbread may have no other source of moisture but the water in the butter.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (227g)Where found
Unsalted butter is usually found in the dairy section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Butter, unsalted is a member of the Dairy and Egg Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does unsalted butter weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 227 grams |
| 1 tbsp | 14 grams |
| 1 pat (1" sq, 1/3" high) | 5 grams |
| 1 stick | 113 grams |
Related
Dairy and Egg Products
| In Chinese: | 牛油，无盐 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | beurre non salé | |
| en español: | de mantequilla sin sal |
Recipes using unsalted butter
There are 1866 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Easy Christmas Cutout Cookies
These Christmas cutout cookies are so easy for you and your kids to make together, and they taste so yummy too!
Eggs Baked in Peppers
Eggs, simply baked in sweet red bell pepper served with tomato sauce. Just 3 ingredients create a delightfully creative breakfast or brunch that even kids like.
Graham Wafers
These homemade graham wafers are crisp, lightly sweet, and perfect for snacking, crushing into crumbs for pie crusts, or pairing with spreads. Made with wholesome graham flour and a touch of vanilla, they bake up golden and delicious in just minutes.
Very Yummy Brownies
Fudgy chocolate brownies: dense, rich brownies built on six squares of unsweetened baking chocolate and real butter. The bake-sale champion that crackles on top and stays gooey inside.
Super Chocolate Truffles
Super chocolate truffles use semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate, butter, and orange liqueur for a rich, boozy ganache cut into squares and rolled in cocoa. Classic French confection, dressed up with Cointreau.
Blueberry Muffins with Nutmeg Topping
Bakery-style blueberry muffins with nutmeg sugar topping. Three flours, butter, and buttermilk give a tender crumb and tall domed tops crowned with crackly spiced sugar.
Turkey Bacon Burgers
Juicy turkey burgers with raw bacon ground into the patty, sage, and sautéed mushrooms on top. Pan-cooked in butter, the leanness of turkey paired with the richness of bacon.
Newbest Pecan Pie
Chocolate pecan pie spiked with Kahlua and molasses, loaded with toasted pecans and semi-sweet chocolate chips. A grown-up Thanksgiving pie with deep coffee-bourbon undertones.
Supernatural Brownies
Supernatural brownies are Nick Malgieri's legendary fudge bricks: a full pound each of butter and semisweet chocolate, eight eggs, two sugars, and a shiny crackled top. Bakes a full half-sheet, rests overnight for perfect texture.
Robert's Baking Powder Biscuits
Robert's classic baking powder buttermilk biscuits with just five ingredients. Tall, flaky, and tender with a golden crust. The Sunday breakfast biscuit done right.
Simply Refreshing Summer Lime Tart
You can decorate this easy tart to look so elegant, your guests will be impressed.
Oreo Cookie & Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
Store-bought chocolate ice cream mixed with toasted walnuts and dried cherries, with homemade oreo cookies make these addictively delicious ice cream sandwiches that will for sure please your sweetest tooth :)
Turkey Scallopini & Squash Ravioli with Cranberry Brown Butter
Turkey Scallopini and Squash Ravioli with Cranberry Brown Butter recipe
Moghul Style Mixed Vegetables with Paneer
Mughlai-style mixed vegetable curry with paneer, cream, pineapple, and golden raisins. A rich, mildly spiced North Indian dish that finishes with a sprinkle of fried nuts for royal-court flair.
Gruyère Whole Wheat Biscuits with Herbs
Gruyere whole wheat biscuits, flaky buttermilk biscuits laced with nutty Gruyere, fresh thyme, and marjoram. Cold butter and whole wheat pastry flour give them tender, savory layers with a wholesome edge.
Baker's Truffles
Baker's truffles roll melted semi-sweet chocolate with creamed butter, egg yolk, powdered sugar, and vanilla into 1-inch chilled candy balls coated in chopped nuts or coconut. Old-school no-cream truffles with deep cocoa richness.
Mini Roasted Leek, Onion & Navy Bean Galettes
These rustic pie like galettes were so delicious. Buttery crust and a delicious filling made with roasted leek and onion, and creamy navy beans. It didn't last long. Yum.
Pancake Waffles
Pancake waffles turn a box of pancake mix into fluffy, light waffles by separating eggs and folding in beaten whites. Four ingredients, 30 minutes, weekend breakfast staple.
Buttery Pecan Pie
Rich pecan pie with homemade butter crust and dark corn syrup filling studded with chopped pecans and topped with perfect halves. This from-scratch version rewards the extra effort with flaky pastry and deeply caramelized flavor.
Charles Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana chocolate chip muffins loaded two ways with banana, mashed for moisture and diced for fruity chunks, plus chocolate chips and walnuts. Brown sugar makes them rich, bakery-style, and tender.
Rolled Baklava with Honey Syrup
Rolled baklava swaps the usual diamonds for crisp phyllo logs filled with spiced walnuts, baked golden then dipped in honey-lemon syrup. The cold-syrup dip keeps every flaky roll crisp, not soggy.
Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies
Simple chocolate chip cookies made with unsalted butter for pure, buttery flavor. Quick 25-minute recipe yields 24 tender cookies with crispy edges and soft centers.
Madelaine's Tomato Basil Soup
Madelaine's tomato basil soup with fresh tomatoes, fragrant basil, heavy cream, and butter. A classic creamy bistro-style soup made with just 6 ingredients in 60 minutes.
Orange-Currant Scones
Orange-currant scones with a tender flaky crumb thanks to a butter-shortening combination, brightened with fresh orange zest and studded with sweet dried currants.
