Sweet and Savory Compound Butter

This sweet and savory compound butter makes the perfect homemade Christmas gift. They are easy to make and look creative with our free printable label!

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What is Compound Butter?

It is a butter combined with any of a number of tasty additions that can be used in various different ways in the kitchen. I am particularly fond of any type of berry butter, the ever popular honey butter and the luscious roasted garlic butter. Enhanced garlic herb compound butter with thyme, rosemary or chives is also great.

All of these can be used on breads, french toast, crêpes, pancakes, used in sauces and even used to enhance many types of meats, such as a finisher on steak. I decided this year, that I am going to give little gift baskets with some homemade compound butter along with some bread.

How to Make Compound Butter – 3 Ways

Berry Butter

Don’t you worry, sweet compound butter recipes are a snap to make AND you can even pair it with store bought bread if you aren’t the baking type. I am going to give you three quick flavored butter recipes along with the fabulous printable that you can use to label your jars and your gift container if you like.

Ingredients:

• 4 sticks of softened unsalted butter
• 1 jar of Smucker’s preserves (you can use any kind you like, for this one I used cranberry raspberry preserves but just raspberry jam would be delicious)
• 1 Tablespoon honey
• 1/4 teaspoon citric acid

Instructions:

In the bowl of an electric mixer, add your softened butter, the Orchard’s Finest preserves, honey & citric acid.

Once you have all your ingredients in your mixer, turn your mixer on high and whip the butter for several minutes. Once it has whipped well and is nice and fluffy, take your mixture and add it to your sterilized 4 ounce Ball jars. Fill to the top and place the lid on tight. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. This recipe also can be stored in the freezer really well.

Citric acid adds a bit of a tart kick to the butter without adding liquid from lemon juice. The liquid can cause issues with the consistency and I have found that citric acid is a perfect solution. You can get the hit of tart flavor without the consistency issues. I found citric acid at my local market in the canning section. If you can’t find it, you can always order it online. I LOVE it and use it in all kinds of recipes.

Honey Butter

Ingredients:

• 4 sticks of softened unsalted butter
• 1 cup honey

Instructions: 

In the bowl of an electric mixer, place softened room temperature butter and honey. Whip on high for several minutes until light and fluffy. Once finished, carefully spoon into sterilized 4 ounce ball jars and replace the lid. Store in the fridge until ready to use. This butter also freezes well.

Roasted Garlic Butter

Find the whole tutorial for roasted garlic butter over at WhipperBerry.

Ingredients

• 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 3 large heads garlic
• 3 teaspoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Slice the tops off the garlic heads, drizzle with olive oil, and season generously with salt and pepper. Wrap in parchment and foil, then roast for 30 minutes until soft and golden. Cool, then squeeze the roasted cloves from their skins and mash lightly with a fork. Mix into softened butter with a pinch more salt and pepper. Spoon into sterilized 4-ounce jars and refrigerate until ready to use.

Savory & Sweet Compound Butter For Gifting

Now this is where it gets fun… I LOVE packaging! To me, the way you dress-up a gift is just as important as the gift. Now, I used my favorite 4 ounce Ball jars for the Christmas butter on purpose. We created a lovely FREE printable label for everyone to use that fits these jars perfectly.

Aren’t they fun?! Now… I have created a couple of different ways to use these free printable labels…check them out below.

For silhouette users: If you are a silhouette user, you can download the silhouette studio file, print them with your printer and cut out with your CAMEO or Portrait. I used the Printable Gold Foil for mine, but you could use anything that you want. Card stock, printable sticker paper or even printable kraft paper. Use whatever you feel comfortable with.

Non-silhouette users: Now, if you would like to print and cut your labels on your own…no worries, I have you covered too! Just print as many sheets as you would like on whatever paper you would like, cut out the labels and affix them to your jars and gift container.

Gift Container

I found my container at Target in their seasonal decor section. I would love to link to it, but I can’t seem to find it on their website. You’ll just have to look at your local store. You can also use any type of container that will fit your butter selection and the bread your choose. You could use an inexpensive gift bag and it would look fabulous!!

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Originally written by Heather from WhipperBerry for I Heart Naptime.