Can you safely freeze butter?
Yes, you can!! You can safely freeze butter. According to usdairy.com you can freeze unsalted butter for 5 months and salted butter for 9 months with proper storage. Proper storage is wrapping it in foil or putting it in a plastic freezer bag and when you thaw it make sure to thaw it in the refrigerator. If you go to the website for the US Department of Agriculture. It doesn’t specifically address butter but it says dairy products are safe for up to 6 months. You will get varied answers depending on what site you go to. Yes you can freeze butter, I think it’s perfectly safe to have butter in the freezer for several months.
Butter is getting more expensive so when I find butter for a really good price I buy several and put them in my freezer. I’ve had butter in my freezer for several months and it has always been fine to use after it’s thawed out. Some articles recommend putting butter in a freezer bag or foil. To keep the butter from absorbing odors.
I stack mine and always rotate so the oldest is on the top and when you need one you just grab the box on the top. If you need to use it right away and it’s frozen you can microwave it (very carefully). Heat 10 seconds at a time flipping it over each time, continue until it’s soft.
Keep your freezer clean:
If you have bad odors coming from your freezer then you probably need to clean it out. Throw away anything that is freezer burnt or has ice crystals on the inside. Instead of putting a whole box of baking soda in the freezer to absorb odors. You can make Baking Soda Sachets with coffee filters and add several of those.
As you can see I don’t even buy the same brand all the time, whatever is cheapest. We use a lot of butter in baking so I always try to have at least 3 or 4 boxes in the freezer. I have read that you can freeze other dairy products like milk and eggs, I have not tried to freeze either of those so I can’t give you any good honest advice on that subject.
Other things I put in the freezer:
I keep bacon in the freezer, just thaw it in the refrigerator and it tastes great, especially if you cook it my favorite way. Cook Bacon in the Oven, it is the only way to cook bacon! I also freeze bananas, we always end up with a couple of bananas that are too ripe to eat so I freeze them to make banana bread later on. You don’t have to put them in a bag or peel them just put them in whole, preferably on a top shelf so they don’t get lost.
If you use yeast it keeps a lot longer in the freezer. I got on the bread-making bandwagon so I buy yeast in the big package because you can’t always find it. Keeping it in the freezer is a must, it goes bad quickly.
What interesting things are you putting in the freezer, we would like to know?
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