Spread Recipes
Flavored Butters
Ingredients
Chili Butter
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
Instructions
- Stir desired recipe ingredients into 1/2 cup butter, softened; cover and chill at least 8 hours.
- Serve on warm tortillas, or stir into refried beans or rice.
Cinnamon Butter
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- Serve on hot rolls.
Herb Butter
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- Serve on assorted steamed vegetables, fish or chicken.
Jalapeno Butter
- 2 garlic cloves, pressed
- 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- Serve on baked potatoes, rice, or chicken.
Seafood Butter
- 2 teaspoons grated onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
- Serve on seafood or baked potatoes.
Blackberry Butter
- 2 tablespoons blackberry jam
- Serve on waffles, pancakes, or ham.
Blue Cheese Butter
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- Serve with crackers as an hors d'oeuvre, or on baked potatoes or steaks.
Bourbon Butter
- Serve on pork chops or ham, toasted pound cake, waffles or sweet potato biscuits.
Chipotle Pepper Butter
- 1 tablespoon minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- Serve on rice, baked potatoes, chicken, or pork chops.
Citrus Butter
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- Serve on seafood, chicken or pasta.
Cranberry Butter
- 2 tablespoons cranberry sauce
- Serve on sweet potatoes, waffles or ham.
Honey Butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- Serve on sweet potatoes, waffles, winter squash or ham.
Lemon-Anchovy Butter
- 2 teaspoons anchovy paste
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- Serve on seafood.
Lemon Pepper Butter
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- Serve on steak, fish, chicken or shrimp.
Mediterranean Butter
- 3 tablespoons minced pitted Kalamata olives
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons basil olive oil
- Serve on sliced French bread for an easy appetizer or on pasta, fish or chicken.
Pecan Butter
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
- Serve on pancakes, sweet potatoes, winter squash or gingerbread.
Pesto Butter
- Serve on chicken breasts, baked potatoes, steamed vegetables or pasta.
Sesame Butter
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon grated lime rind
- 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
- Serve on shrimp, sweet potatoes, or grilled chicken.
Notes
Multiply butter and other ingredients accordingly for larger quantities. For example, for 1 cup Chili Butter, use 1 cup butter, 2 tablespoons chili powder, 2 teaspoons ground cumin and 1 teaspoon ground red pepper.