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1 To freeze butter, wrap tightly in heavy-duty aluminum foil or plastic freezer wrap, or place inside a heavy-duty freezer bag. Frozen  salted butter will generally keep longer (up to 9 months for best quality) than unsalted butter (5-6 months for best quality).
How to soften butter. Ideally, butter should be left on the counter for 30 minutes or so at room temperature. I like to take my butter out of the refrigerator first, then gather all of my other ingredients, line my baking pans, throw in a load of laundry, check Instagram, etc.