On 2016-03-20 4:00 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> jmcquown > wrote:
>> On 3/20/2016 2:33 PM, notbob wrote:
>>> Do I gotta drag out my orbital stand mixer or is there a manual way to
>>> cream butter/sugar?
>>>
>>> IOW, how did chefs cream butter into sugar b4 electricity?
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>> Softened butter and the back of a spoon.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> I've never used anything electric to cream butter and sugar. Usually I
> use a spoon, sometimes a fork or my pastry cutter, and occasionally my bare
> hands.
>


I have to admit that I have no idea why you would do that, other than to
prepare to live through the Apocalypse. I have done it by hand and it is
a lot of work. I have used recipes that said to use a spoon but cheated
and used beaters, and I had great results. I used to bake a lot of
cookies and always used the electric beater and they did a great job.
Creaming the butter and sugar is a very important step in making good
cookies.