How To Make Flavored Butter

seven Ways to Make Flavored Butter at Habitation

Plus the perfect recipes to pair!

August 10, 2020

flavored butter on a table — Kiersten Hickman/Eat This, Non That!

Newsflash: At that place's goose egg wrong with butter. Non only does butter provide some health benefits, but it also makes practically anything you cook taste that much better. We like to enjoy butter in moderation, and peculiarly honey putting together different types of flavored butter to pair with some of our succulent recipes.

From savory to sweet kinds of butter, here are a few of our favorite flavored butter recipes to whip up at home—and the recipes to brand that will perfectly pair!

twisting ends of flavored butter package — Kiersten Hickman/Eat This, Not That!

Before nosotros dive into each flavor, it's important to know how to put together flavored butter at home. In gild to do and so, make sure the butter is at room temperature. Mix information technology together with the ingredients in a basin with a rubber spatula. Once thoroughly mixed, scrape the butter onto a slice of parchment paper. Curlicue information technology up into a log, then twist the ends of the parchment paper to class it. Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours before using it!

Nothing beats the combination of salty and sweetness, which is exactly what you get with this archetype combination. Honey butter pairs really well on homemade biscuits, and if you're feeling funky, spread it on some homemade crispy chicken.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
2 Tbsp honey
1/ii tsp vanilla extract

Pumpkin doesn't just have to be for your latte or pie! In fact, a tin can of pumpkin can be used for a lot of different recipes, and butter is certainly one of them. Get into that fall mood by spreading some pumpkin spice butter on your buttermilk pancakes or waffles!

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
ii Tbsp pumpkin puree
1 tsp pumpkin spice seasoning
one/two tsp vanilla extract

There are certainly a lot of different recipes you lot can make that will go well with this classic flavored butter, but nosotros are especially fractional to melting some of this butter over homemade mashed potatoes!

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped fine
1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped fine
1 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped fine
ii garlic cloves, minced

Sure, y'all could spread this flavored butter on pancakes—that would seem like the perfect combination. But we also experience this maple butter pairs really well with warm slices of our zucchini bread! Especially if you lot add chocolate chips.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Crimson wine butter and steak go together like peanut butter and jelly. Spread a bit of this homemade red wine butter on a grilled steak, and serve with a side of oven-baked fries for the ultimate steak frites feel.

One note about the scarlet wine butter!Make sure to reduce the crimson wine and the shallots together before calculation it to the butter. You tin can exercise this by calculation the red vino and the minced shallots to a bucket and simmering it down to a syrup. Yous should go most 1-2 tbsp of liquid after.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
1/two tsp fresh rosemary, chopped fine
ane shallot, minced
i/4 loving cup reddish wine
Dash of fresh cracked pepper

If you dear grilling, then this lemon and chive butter is about to exist your best friend. Savor a grilled chicken, fish, or steak sandwich with this flavored butter spread on a toasted bun.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
i Tbsp lemon juice
one tsp dried chives
1 tsp lemon peel, grated

Desire to fancy up the butter y'all serve with a side at your adjacent dinner party? This mustard butter only requires two ingredients (butter and country Dijon mustard), and will become extremely well with these cheddar and herb biscuits. Or let the butter come up to room temperature and let your guests dip hot pretzels in the butter. We know it'due south a fleck of a cheat, but hey, crook meals are okay!

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