Chefs Butter Recipes
Apple-Cinnamon Butter
Ingredients
- 2-ounce dried apples
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
Preparation
Mix all ingredients in a food processor or with a hand-mixer until well combined. Fill the Butter Bell crock with the mixture and serve with fresh scones, muffins or your favorite breakfast breads.
Orange Honey Butter
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1/2 tablespoon orange preserves
- 1/2 tablespoon orange blossom honey
Preparation
Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl with wire whisk until well combined. Fill the Butter Bell crock with the flavored butter. So tasty on warm biscuits fresh from the oven!
Candied Garlic Pepper Butter
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 2 candied garlic cloves*
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Pinch of salt
Preparation
*Candied garlic cloves: In a frying pan. Place whole garlic head in 400-degree oven, covered with aluminum foil, for about 45 minutes, or until the garlic has softened. Scoop out cloves, or pinch out, when cooled. Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl until well combined. Fill the Butter Bell Crock with the delicious butter mixture and serve with a crusty French Baguette or on top of a grilled Rib Eye Steak.
Cranberry Butter
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 1/3 cup fresh cranberries (if using frozen, thaw completely)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Preparation
Finely chop the cranberries. Mix all the ingredients together until well combined, but not so much as the butter mixture is uniformly pink. Place mixture in the Butter Bell and serve with waffles or pancakes or any breakfast breads.
Provencal Butter
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped black olives
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary, sautéed
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Preparation
Allow butter to soften. Sauté the rosemary for 15 seconds in a dab of butter; remove and let cool. Mix all ingredients with a wire whisk until well combined. Fill the Butter Bell crock with the mixture and serve with French baguettes or freshly baked sourdough rolls.
Roasted Hazelnut Butter
Ingredients
- 4 oz. fresh Hazelnuts
- ½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
- ¼ cup lemon zest
Preparation
Allow butter to soften. In a hot 4oo degree oven, roast Hazelnuts for10 minutes. Remove skin after roasting, and coarsely chop them. Mix with the butter and add the lemon zest. Fill the Butter Bell Crock with the flavored butter mixture. Serve with breakfast rolls or with afternoon tea on country breads.
Brennan’s Banana’s Foster Butter
(Based on the original Bananas Foste dessert created at Brennan’s Restaurant in 1951.)
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ large banana, mashed
- ½ tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tbsp banana liqueur
Preparation
Whip ingredients together until completely blended. Place mixture into the Butter Bell Crock and serve with your favorite breakfast foods. Especially delicious over pancakes, waffles or freshly baked blueberry muffins.
Pumpkin Syrup Butter
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1ablespoon Arrop Syrup
- 1-ounce Arrop Pumpkin Rind
Preparation
Allow butter to soften. Mix all ingredients with a wire whisk. Fill the Butter Bell Crock with the butter mixture and serve with berry scones or a zucchini bread.
Orange Butter
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Juice from one beautiful, plump Orange
- Zest from the plump beauty
- Zest from one lemon
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier liquor
Preparation
Blanch the zest of the orange and lemon, then chop finely. Mix all ingredients. Fill the Butter Bell Crock. Perfect with warm Croissants. So tasty for kids on their pancakes…yummy!
Golden Butter
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 2 tablespoons fresh cooked corn, chopped
- ½ teaspoon oven roasted tomato
- 1 teaspoon fresh basil, minced
- ¾ teaspoon mustard
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
Preparation
Cut tomato in half and bake in oven at 400 degrees until browned on the top. Remove and let cool; then dice. Mix all ingredients in a bowl with a whisk (or wooden spoon) until well-combined. Place the mixture in the Butter Bell Crock and serve. A perfect spread over hot sourdough rolls or even over chicken or fish!
10 BEST SIMPLE BUTTER RECIPES TO SERVE ALL YEAR ROUND
Show your friends and family how much you care with these special flavored and herbed butter recipes. They’ll never guess something so tasty can be created in 5 minutes or less!
To prepare a basic flavored butter recipe, place ½ cup softened butter in a bowl. Using a wooden spoon or electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy. Stir in two tablespoons of your favorite herbs and flavorings (see suggestions below) or create your own. Pack the butter into the Butter Bell Crock and serve immediately.
LEMON-THYME
Add a squeeze of lemon juice to butter made with two tablespoons fresh thyme. Excellent served over warm vegetables.
HONEY-VANILLA
Mix one teaspoon vanilla extract into butter and beat. Then add 1 tablespoon honey and mix. Perfect for breakfast rolls, toast, croissants and scones.
CRANBERRY BUTTER
Add two tablespoons of prepared cranberry sauce to softened butter. Serve with dinner rolls or atop slices of turkey or ham.
JAMMIN’ BUTTERS
Add two tablespoons of your favorite jelly or jam. Great served on pancakes and waffles for breakfast or brunch.
PECAN BUTTER
Mix butter with 1/3 cup finely chopped toasted pecans. Serve on sweet potatoes, gingerbread or pumpkin bread.
SOUTHERN LIVING’S BOURBON BUTTER
Add two tablespoons bourbon to butter. Tasty on toasted pound cake or sweet potato biscuits.
GORGONZOLA BLUE BUTTER
In a food processor combine 4 TBSP butter with 4 TBSP Gorgonzola cheese. Process until smooth. Fantastic shmeared on top of a juicy grilled steak!
CHAI BUTTER
Combine ½ cup butter with ¼ brown sugar, 1 TSP Cinnamon, ½ TSP ground Ginger, pinch of nutmeg and a pinch of ground Cloves. Try adding a teaspoon of this butter to your morning coffee or tea for added flavor. Also delicious spread over muffins, roasted carrots or toast.