If you find yourself in this situation, don’t panic.
Delicious desserts are still in your future.
Here are three quick and easy ways to bring cream cheese to room temperature.
Credit: Hector Sanchez
And you have to dirty a dish.
However, it isn’t as easy if the cream cheese is in a tub rather than a package.
Softened cream cheese makes these recipes betterno lumps and no overmixing.
Credit: Linda Pugliese, Hector Sanchez; Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas, Buffy Hargett Miller