How to cream butter and sugar by hand

This is a short demonstration on how to cream butter and sugar using a wooden spoon.

[McAmberlee]

Ive always been foiled by not having a mixer to cream butter and sugar... of COURSE Youtube has had the answer for 10 YEARS 😂 thank you!

[robertawalsh]

Thank you for not trying to sell me a $350 electric mixer when a simple spoon will do the job.

[butteryseawater]

Thank you for having a simple guide of how to do this by hand, and also for the assurance that you can't over-cream. Thank you so much!!

[Stacy_SJA]

My hand mixer just broke! so THANK YOU!

[ArtiChan]

Planning on making sugar cookies for Christmas, and the recipe calls to cream the butter and sugar together. I don't have a mixer yet so I'm glad that I Googled how to cream it by hand.

[randyj]

Perfect - thanks! I'm a guy and new to making cookies lol - and I didn't want to use the electric mixer late at night. I also wasn't sure which utensil to use. Mushing with back of wooden spoon is what I came here for. I took out the butter early - so it was already soft.
- I read on a cooking page that recipes that came before electric mixers are (of course) created to be done by hand - but you still need tips and technique to get things right. Thanks again.

[slainte]

This is an excellent video thank you for taking the time. I hope you will do more by hand things. I get tired of the mixers out there today and the length of time they don't last after paying all that money when all you need is a spoon and your own two hands!

[winterberry]

Pro Tip: Use a cheese grater and grate the butter.

[ingramr]

You really have to stir it for like 10mins for the best quality. At least 5 mins. To know when it's ready, see if peaks form when you pull the spoon out.

[LillyFlwrMSP]

It’s 2:30 in the morning. Idk what I’m doing

[nateroo]

I was actually looking for the best method and tool to mix cream cheese (often cold cream cheese) to make dips or spreads. This vid provided an excellent technique which I've applied to cream cheese and it works great! Thanx very much!!

[redandgoldfan]

Very good video I like that you used a glass bowl so that it was really easy to see what you were doing thank you very much for sharing

[charmedprince]

It's really the washing of the mixer beaters that I dread and hate the most! So thank you for this validation. *proceeds to soften butter to make oatmeal cookies*

[tahosaumaga]

Thank you so much for this video! My handmixer won't work and now I have to do everything manually.

[ingramr]

Always always always use room temperature butter. You can use grate better first if butter is cold and solid or you can keep it wrapped and walk around with a stick under your arm lol

[teresitahumilde]

Thank you, this technique helps me a lot or I should say you helped me a lot with my question. I'm happy I found you on YouTube, yay!

[PurityMwangi]

Thank you for showing us how to cream by hand. 👍👍👍👍

[AllenKll]

Thank you! nice to see a real baker. on your tube, not these wimps that use gadgets. My food processor is a knife, and my mixer is a wooden spoon. The way it's meant to be.

[callfrommountaintop]

The fact the newest comment is from a month ago.. this vid is timeless… I found my people

[jamesparry]

thank you - really helped me bake a cake for my mum :)