Plus, the difference between American and European butter

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8 Types of Butter and How to Use Them

With the many types of butter out there—cultured butter! Compound butter! Clarified butter!—you might be wondering, what is butter, really? Wonder no longer. We’re diving into how butter is made, the many types of butter you’ll find at the grocery store, and how to use them in cooking and baking.

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Sticks and blocks of Plugrá, Isigny Sainte Mère, Organic Valley, and Land O'Lakes butter with a knife on a marble countertop.

The Real Difference Between European and American Butter

The metric system isn’t the only point of contention between these two regions. We delve into the differences between the two butters, and whether or not you can use them interchangeably.

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