Baking's Better With Real Butter

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: December 20, 1995| Author: BEV BENNETT | Copyright information

Butter.

Say it.

If you're like many Americans, it hasn't been on the tip of your tongue for a long time. Perhaps for health reasons it's been replaced by olive oil, or maybe margarine seemed a more economical alternative.

But now that the holidays are approaching, there's really no alternative to butter, according to cooking experts.

Only butter tastes like . . well . . . butter. Only butter has that sweet, nutty flavor when baked, and only butter makes the kit...

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