Perfectly softened

When you need two tablespoons of butter softened, waiting patiently while it melts is never a good idea. Takes forever. About 8 seconds in the microwave (20 sec for a whole stick) is sufficient, perfectly melted. It's a grand day in paradise when making rice crispie bars and your choice of muffins falls onto your agenda. Showering said rice crispie bars upon cast members of a middle school play, a delight I intend to indulge in. Quickly baking a batch of large and small muffins, for my freezer and for hungry summer bellies, quite the pleasure. The four cups of bran cereal that go into the entire concoction, makes mixing one tablespoon of white vinegar into a cup of milk to make buttermilk, worth the effort. Cooking and not having to go to the store..., wa-a-a-y better than being on welfare, but less an endangerment than daycare. Trust me!