When you look up a baking recipe online or in a cookbook there will be lies. The first is the estimated time. I've never seen one that was honest. Buried in the text and instructions will be more lies. Most recipes start with butter and sugar. Recipes will tell you to blend them or mix them for an arbitrary amount of time. They don't say "Do not proceed until the butter and sugar are one substance". Which is what you actually need to know. You should not be able to distinguish the butter from the sugar if they're mixed properly. If you have lumps of butter your results will not be what you were aiming for. There, some truth in baking. But this blog is about shortbread.
