How To Quickly Soften Cream Cheese

You can leave the brick of cream cheese on your countertop for 1 hour.

How to quickly soften cream cheese. Remove cream cheese from packaging and cut into cubes. Pour the cubes into the bowl of your stand mixer. Leave cream cheese sealed in foil packaging and place in a bowl.

This also will make it easier to distribute your softened cream cheese evenly throughout whatever youre mixing it into. This quick method produces softened cream cheese in less than. Using a knife cut the block of cream into 1-inch cubes.

Here are a few ways to warm it up quickly. Cover with warm water and let sit for 10-15 minutes. After a few minutes I scrape up all the cream cheese and spread it flat again.

Let sit at room temperature for about 15-20 minutes. Place the cream cheese on a plate and microwave it for 10-second increments until softened. Then just leave them at room temperature for about an hour or until soft to the touch.

Place the cream cheese in the microwave for around 10 seconds initially. If it is not soft you can microwave it in 15-second increments until it gets to the right texture. Flip the cream cheese every 5 minutes to allow for even softening.

Let sit for about 10 minutes. Then microwave it on high for 15 seconds. Its ok if the cream cheese still feels a little cool to the touch.