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Flavored Butters

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 12/12/12Updated: 1/27/23

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Flavored Butters are so easy to make and make a wonderful gift.  They taste delicious too!

Another delicious butter to try is Homemade Honey Butter.


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One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the yummy holiday treats.

For those of you who might be looking for a holiday treat to give to friends and neighbors that isn’t sweet I’ve got a great idea for you today.  Flavored Butters.

I love butter and eat bread so that I can eat butter.  Margarine was never allowed at my house growing up (and it was the sixties and seventies when margarine was totally in!)  My dad was a butter man.  So I learned at a young age to appreciate the fine flavor of butter.  No generic butter at our house.  Be sure and buy a quality brand, we like Darigold.  A good quality butter will give you better results and flavor in cooking and baking.  You get a higher melting point and a better quality to your baked goods.  Darigold uses a European vacuum style churn to create a high quality better butter.

Flavored Butters

I decided to dress up the butter a little bit and create some flavored butters.  I am going to give a collection of flavored butters along with a loaf of homemade bread to some of our friends for the holidays!

Flavored butters can be used in a variety of ways, depending on the flavor of the butter.  I like to make both sweet and savory.  I think any flavor butter is good on a piece of bread but you can also use them on meat, fish, chicken to add a lovely flavor.  After you grill a steak put a bit of garlic herb butter on top and let it melt in – so good!

I came up with four different flavor combinations for flavored butters but use your imagination and I know you will come up with lots more!

Flavored Butter Recipes

Fig Butter

One of the easiest flavored butters to make is just a combination of butter and your favorite jam.  I used Fig jam to make a flavored butter.  Just add in 1/4 C of jam to 1/2 C butter. I just used my little food processor to make the butters.  Just pop everything in and then pulse!  Orange marmalade or raspberry jam would be delicious too.

Cranberry Butter

The second flavor I made was also sweet, Cranberry Butter.  Cranberry butter is a combination of fresh cranberries, maple syrup, orange zest and of course butter!  We loved this one.  It would be yummy on pancakes or waffles too!

After I process the butter I but it onto a piece of wax paper and form it into a log.

Roll it up in the wax paper and twist the ends.

Flavored ButterAdd a bit of washi tape around it to dress it up a bit and add a tag and you have a nice little, delicious gift for some lucky person!

Garlic Herb Butter

I also made two savory butters.  The Garlic Herb Butter is delicious and wonderful on warm bread or on top of a piece of meat or fish.  I used some fresh chives and parsley from my garden but you could use your favorite combination of herbs and I am sure dry herbs would work also but fresh is always better!!

Roasted Red Pepper Butter

The second savory one is amazing.  The color and the flavor!  I used a combination of roasted red pepper, salt and green onions.

Because of the liquid in the roasted red pepper this butter doesn’t hold together as well as the others.  I did make it into a log but had to freeze it so that I could cut it without it totally falling apart and it was still pretty crumbly.  Next time I would just put it in a bowl and use it from there instead of trying to make it into a log.

I cut a slice or two of each butter and combined them together for a flavored butter sample pack!

Did you know butter could be so pretty!!  Just roll it up in wax paper and you have a pretty and delicious and unique holiday gift!

So now let me know what flavors you’ve thought of!

For more wonderful butter recipes check out Darigold’s website.

Flavored Butter recipe

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Flavored Butters

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Flavored Butters are so easy to make and make a wonderful gift.  They taste delicious too!
serves: 96 (1tsp) servings
Prep:10 minutes
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Total:10 minutes
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Ingredients

Fig Butter

  • 1/4 cup fig preserves
  • 1/2 cup butter softened

Cranberry Butter

  • 1/3 cup fresh cranberries
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 Tbsp orange zest

Garlic Herb Butter

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 Tbsp fresh parsley
  • 2 Tbsp fresh chives
  • 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup butter softened

Roasted Red Pepper Butter

  • 1/4 cup chopped roasted red pepper drain off liquid
  • 2 green onions chopped
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter softened

Instructions

  • For all butters, combine ingredients in food processor and pulse.
  • Place onto a piece of wax paper and form into a log.
  • Wrap in wax paper and twist ends.
  • Refrigerate

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 38kcal (2%) Carbohydrates: 1g Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 4g (6%) Saturated Fat: 2g (13%) Cholesterol: 10mg (3%) Sodium: 37mg (2%) Potassium: 3mg Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 1g (1%) Vitamin A: 130IU (3%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 3mg Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Appetizer
Cuisine:American
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  1. Deedee says

    Posted on 8/24 at 8:37 pm

    I have been wanting to make flavored butter for years I am so glad you showed how to make this, thank you.

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  2. Vigita says

    Posted on 10/29 at 3:13 am

    Amazing.please I want to know the preparation of different flavours of butter.Thanks

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  3. IMETT says

    Posted on 3/7 at 12:34 am

    If you want to roast your own peppers, put in a hot oven on a sheet pan and roast till skin is blackened… if you have a gas stove lay on the fire and turn a few times till skin is blackened,,, Or heat a cast iron skillet until screaming hot put the peppers in skillet and turn as needed till skin is blackened,.. Whatever process you use put peppers in a bowl while they are HOT cover with plastic wrap and after they sweat about 15 or 20 minutes you can just slide the charred skins and you will have fresh roasted peppers. And you can do this to any color peppers, not just red. Loved your ideas.

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  4. Nancy M McDonald says

    Posted on 11/18 at 7:09 pm

    Perfect! Just the thing I’m looking to make for Christmas presents for our family and friends. Homemade butters to go along with the homemade bread.

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