Is it really possible to cream clarified butter? And considering that clarified butter is 100% fat, am I correct in assuming you'd get the taste of butter and also the leavening benefits of shortening if it was creamed with sugar? And when melted, would it work just like oil? Basically the best of butter, shortening and oil into one?
Baking – Is it possible to cream clarified butter with sugar? Will it have the same benefits as shortening and oil
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Best Answer
Sure, why not?
You would get the taste of clarified butter (and sugar, of course), but that's somewhat different from the taste of regular butter. The "leavening benefits" of creamed butter are pretty minimal, but they'd still be there.
Well, like melted clarified butter with sugar on the bottom, sure. The creaming wouldn't really have an effect here.