Recipes and Cooking How to Cook Cooking Basics Can I Skip Salt in a Recipe by Using Salted Butter? If you use salted butter and skip the salt in a recipe, will the taste suffer? Find out what the Test Kitchen has to say. By Sheena Chihak, RD Sheena Chihak, RD Instagram Sheena Chihak is a registered dietitian, former food editor and current edit lead for BHG with over 15 years of writing and editing experience for both print and digital. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on July 21, 2016 Share Tweet Pin Email There is about the equivalent of 1/4 teaspoon salt in 1/2 cup salted butter, so you can adjust your recipe accordingly and the flavor will be comparable. Easy Baking Ingredient Substitutions Butter Substitutes Baking Ingredient Substitutions PLUS: How to Soften Butter How to Soften Butter & More Easy Baking Tips Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit