Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Cranberry Honey Butter

Cranberry Honey Butter

This compound butter is tangy and slightly sweet, terrific on seasonal veggies, desserts, or breads. It's a terrific last minute homemade addition to a Thanksgiving or holiday meal.

image of a ramekin of cranberry honey butter surrounded by cranberries

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I couldn't decide if I should post this recipe for Thanksgiving, Thanksgivukkah, or Christmas meals, so I opted for the 'throw it up there the day before Thanksgiving and call it a last-minute homemade addition' strategy.


Did it work?


If you're reading this in a turkey coma, I hope to give you ideas for upcoming meals or a reason to toss a bag of cranberries (on sale now, impossible to find later) into the freezer.


This compound butter is tangy and slightly sweet, terrific on seasonal veggies, desserts, or breads. It's a terrific last minute homemade addition to a Thanksgiving or holiday meal.



The pretty pink color would look nice on a variety of tablescapes--Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's day--tragically I am not a tablescape kind of person. I can cook the food. Don't rely on me to make it look pretty, too.



image of a plate of waffles topped with cranberry honey butter, served with a side of grapes and a jug of maple syrup



So far (bearing in mind that I made this early so we could try it out and I could share today) we've enjoyed this lightly sweet, lightly tangy butter on waffles, pancakes, Cranberry Pecan Green Beans, sweet potato puree, Pumpkin Cranberry Maple Kugel, and fresh, hot sourdough bread.
Yes, part of the reason to try it so many ways was because I'd made it, darn it, so now I needed to find a way to use it.
I plan to try this on biscuits, muffins, and roasted acorn squash, and perhaps as a soup garnish. Other ideas?

Since I am a visual learner, I made a video to show how simple it is to throw this together. Enjoy!




Note: The amounts shown below are for a single stick of butter. If you want to do a whole pound (box), just quadruple the amounts. Also, the warmer the room you're softening the butter in, the better. Soft butter mixes best. Aim for 70 degrees Fahrenheit if you can. My room was in the 50s and it shows.

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12 comments:

  1. This makes me want to fire up the griddle and make some waffles! thanks for sharing!

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  2. Elizabeth,
    I'm of a mind to try it on biscuits next--as soon as I can convince my son to make some. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Alright now I need to add cranberries to my grocery store list because I want to make this. I tried to add a bag to the cart a couple of weeks ago, and the Hubby said, "Now honey what are the cranberries for." I didn't have a good or quick response other than "I'll think of something." Well now I got something so I'm going back and getting the damned cranberries.
    I think this would be a great addition to crepes. Perhaps with sauteed spinach.
    I'll make a deal with you: you make the food and I'll come over and handle the presentation. In exchange I get to eat the food as well.

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    1. Meghan,
      If you make crepes with spinach and cranberry honey butter I will eat them, but I'll go on record now as saying I'm as suspicious as my kids look when I verbally offered that combo to them just now.
      I'd be delighted to let you handle the presentation--you rock at it!

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  4. Oh, I am making some of this! I love cranberries and the butter would be perfect on vanilla pancakes. I might add a little orange zest to the cranberries or the pancakes. Now the wheels are turning – already thinking of so many ways to use this. Thanks!
    Sarah

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    1. Sarah,
      Yes, yes, and yes! You're brilliant! What time is breakfast?
      :)

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  5. Great recipe! Thanks for stopping by Tasty Tuesdays last week to link this up. I chose it as one of my feature recipes for the week! Have a great week and see you at Tasty Tuesdays again soon!

    http://www.weststreetstory.com/tasty-tuesdays-40/

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    1. Jen,
      Thank you for the feature--it's much appreciated!

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  6. This would be great on biscuits!! I will definitely have to keep this in mind... and get some more cranberries!

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    1. Beth,
      I have to get more cranberries, too! Adding to my shopping list. Thanks for the reminder.

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  7. Gorgeous color! Dresses those waffles right up. A perfect treat for this time of year.

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    1. Mary,
      Sometimes my waffles just like to accessorize, you know? Thanks!

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