Flavored Butters
Flavored Butters are so easy to make and make a wonderful gift. They taste delicious too!
One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the yummy holiday treats. If you are on Pinterest or Facebook or read many blogs you are probably about on overload right now with yummy, delicious sweet treats. Every one is sharing their favorite holiday treats. Most of them full of sugar – myself included!!
One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the yummy holiday treats. If you are on Pinterest or Facebook or read many blogs you are probably about on overload right now with yummy, delicious sweet treats. Every one is sharing their favorite holiday treats. Most of them full of sugar – myself included!!
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 treat 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. We buy the good stuff. My butter of choice is Darigold not only is it made here in the Northwest but it is just good butter! There is a difference in butter. 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.
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 BUTTERS
INGREDIENTS
FIG BUTTER
- 1/4 C fig preserves
- 1/2 C butter softened
CRANBERRY BUTTER
- 1/3 C fresh cranberries
- 1/4 C maple syrup
- 1/2 C 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 C butter softened
ROASTED RED PEPPER BUTTER
- 1/4 C chopped roasted red pepper drain off liquid
- 2 green onions chopped
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 C butter softened
INSTRUCTIONS
Get the full instruction @yourhomebasedmom.com
0 Response to "Flavored Butters"
Post a Comment