Butter Crock with Spreader, French Butter Keeper with Water Line for Counter, The Original Porcelain Butter Dish. Gift for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Mother’s Day,JSHKY. (Color: White)

This butter crock has been both useful and a conversation piece. I get compliments on it all the time—it's a pretty little addition to the kitchen counter and works just as well as it looks. The spreader is a nice bonus too.It holds one stick of butter perfectly. To refill it, I just leave a stick out until it softens, then use the wrapper to press it into the crock—easy and mess-free. I change the water about once a week and have never had any problems. The butter stays fresh and spreadable, and I love having spreadable butter on the ready. Definitely recommend if you want something functional and nice to look at.

I enjoy real butter on my toast or my fresh, warm, homemade bread! Having this nice looking butter container so my butter isn’t rock hard is a great plus.

Keeps butter soft n fresh.Butter is always ready to spread.

Gift for my mother-in-law who absolutely loves it!

You need to know, as a tip, that the butter holder needs to be tap, compacted, several times, do it on wood not directly on the counter it could break, before put it on the water. When you don't do it and those are the reviews I saw, the butter doesn't stay and fall into the water.

Keeps the butter fresh and soft too! Love the butter knife it comes with as well!

I've heard about using a butter bell and decided to try it. I didn't want a really big, bulky one, and this one is the perfect size. It even comes with a cute little butter spreader.It holds one stick of butter (or 1/2 cup). I used Kerrygold salted butter, softened, to the point where you can leave an indent if you squeeze the stick. Too soft and it'll be harder to spread inside the bell.To spread, make sure the bell is totally dry, use the back of a spoon and really pack that stuff in...all around the edges, and then the bottom, working your way up. You want to prevent any big air bubbles in the butter so it doesn't fall into the water reservoir.As you can see from the butter pic, I have a couple of tiny bubble holes in the butter, but it didn't make a difference. I've had this butter in the bell for about a week, It's still fresh and soft, no rancid smell at all.I keep the bell on the kitchen counter and change the water every day, to just below the fill line in the reservoir, sometimes every other day if I forget. It's best to use salted butter...it stays fresh longer, and I keep a small container of salted water in the fridge to use when I change the water, as salt is a natural preservative.Obviously, it's working because after nearly a week on the kitchen counter during 85 degree temps outside, the butter is still perfectly soft and fresh with no mold or rancid smell.So if you're tired of ripping your bread or muffins to shreds trying to spread cold butter, then you need this butter bell. It's a game changer!

If you love butter, there's nothing worse than wanting to have some toast or just a slice of bread in the middle of the day, and the butter is cold and stiff. For this reason, I purchased this crock/bell, and now my problem is solved!This one fits a whole stick of butter. All you have to do is wait until it's 50% soft. If it is too soft, the butter might fall off the bell and into the water, and we don't want that. I use the back of a spoon to cut the stick into smaller pieces and press them into the bell against the bottom and sides. A small square of parchment paper to level the butter, and that's it. Here's a tip: don't fill the crock with water up to the water line — when I did that, after placing the bell in the crock, I had water all over my counter. I recommend filling it up to 2/3 below the water line. I also add some salt to the water to keep it fresh.Do NOT listen to those saying that the butter gets mold. You're supposed to change the water every other day (I change mine daily) to ensure the butter is fresh. There's no need to be lazy; changing it takes less than 30 seconds.